01275nam a2200313 a 4500 EDZ0000077269 StDuBDS 20170911141036.0 m||||||||d|||||||| cr|||||||||||| 110510s2011 nyu fo| 001 0 eng|d 9780199895045 (ebook) : No price StDuBDS StDuBDS PN227 808 22 Fogelin, Robert J. Figuratively speaking / [electronic resource] Robert Fogelin. Rev. ed. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. 1 online resource. Includes bibliographical references and index. In this updated edition of his brief, engaging book, Robert J. Fogelin examines figures of speech that concern meaning - irony hyperbole, understatement, similes, metaphors, and others - to show how they work and to explain their attraction. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 11, 2011). Figures of speech. Metaphor. Print version 9780199739998 Oxford scholarship online http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199739998.001.0001 ddc BK 36449 36449