Original scientific article
Page 285 - 303
Can political rhetoric ever be “too persuasive”? The combination of proverb and hyperbole in the case of having the cake and eating it
E-mail: a.musolff@uea.ac.uk
University of East Anglia
Abstract: Can the use of linguistic devices to achieve persuasion, such as metaphor, irony and hyperbole, ever be “too persuasive”, i.e., overshoot its rhetorical aim? More specifically, can the combination of ...
Original scientific article
Page 249 - 262
Searching for Bulgarian proverbs on the Web
E-mail: xpucuhu@gmail.com
University of Pecs
Abstract: The present study can be seen as the second stage of a larger research concerning
the real proverb usage in contemporary written Bulgarian language. While the
first survey aimed to determine the most ...
Original scientific article
E-mail: drazenka.molnar@gmail.com
Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Osijeku
Abstract: Poslovice su jezične minijature kojima se shematiziraju konkretna iskustva i izriču
životne istine. S obzirom na njihovo porijeklo, za očekivati je da će se poslovice
češće pojavljivati u usmenoj komu...
