Mihaela Popa-Wyatt
List of John Benjamins publications for which Mihaela Popa-Wyatt plays a role.
Article
2020 Mind the gap: Expressing affect with hyperbole and hyperbolic figures Producing Figurative Expression: Theoretical, experimental and practical perspectives, Barnden, John and Andrew Gargett (eds.), pp. 449–468 | Chapter
Hyperbole is traditionally understood as exaggeration. I argue instead that the point of hyperbole is emphasis. By overstating that things are greater (lesser) than expected, hoped, or desired, we shift the salience of the target property, thus making it more emphatic. This enables to express… read more