2003•Journal of Yunnan Normal UniversityRequires access
A rhetoric analysis of the Chinese expression “S more N than N”
Zhou Jin-guo
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Abstract
With a rhetoric analysis of the Chinese expression “S more N than N”, the article points out the expression contains figures of speech as hyperbole, transfer, simile, repetition, and contrast is a phenomenon of combined figures of speech. In addition, the article points out the mechanism for rhetoric shift: rhetoric message engendered by particular grammatical structure, rhetoric types from repetition, non-referent of nouns, the meaning from emphasized metaphor structure, and speaker’s subjective comments.