The use of hyperbole in the argumentation stage

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Authors
Publication date 2013
Host editors
  • D. Mohammed
  • M. Lewiński
Book title Virtues of argumentation: proceedings of the 10th International Conference of the Ontario Society for the Study of Argumentation (OSSA), 22-26 May 2013
Event 10th OSSA Conference: Virtues of argumentation
Publisher Windsor, ON: OSSA
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC)
Abstract In this paper I investigate what role the stylistic device of hyperbole can play in arguers’ strategic maneuvers in the argumentation stage of a discussion. First, I give an analysis of the general effects the use of hyperbole may have in argumentative discourse. Next, I specify how hyperbole may contribute to arguers’ dialectical and rhetorical aims in the argumentation stage of a discussion.
Document type Conference contribution
Language English
Published at http://scholar.uwindsor.ca/ossaarchive/OSSA10/papersandcommentaries/159/
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