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1 circumlocution
a) using a roundabout form of expression instead of a simpler oneb) using a more or less complicated syntactical structure instead of a wordThey are classified into figurative periphrasis (metaphoric periphrasis or metonymic periphrasis) and logical periphrasis (euphemistic periphrasis)Source: V.A.K.••a device which, according to Webster's dictionary, denotes the use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter and plainer form of expression- aims at pointing to one of the seemingly insignificant or barely noticeable features or properties of the given object, and intensifies this property by naming the object by the property;- makes the reader perceive the new appellation against the background of the one existing in the language code and the twofold simultaneous perception secures the stylistic effect;- like simile, has a certain cognitive function inasmuch as in deepens our knowledge of the phenomenon described;I understand you are poor, and wish to earn money by nursing the little boy, my son, who has so prematurely deprived of what can never be replaced. [= mother] (Ch.Dickens)
The lamp-lighter made his nightly failure in attempting to brighten up the street with gas. [= lit the street lamps] (Ch.Dickens)
If a periphrastic locution is understandable outside the context, it is not a stylistic device but merely a synonymous expression.the cap and gown (student body); a gentleman of the long robe (a lowyer); the fair sex (women); my better half (my wife)
Source: I.R.G.••троп, состоящий в замене названия предмета описательным оборотом с указанием его существенных, характерных признаков (I.V.A.)The beast that bears me. (horse) (W.Shakespeare - L)
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2 periphrasis
a) using a roundabout form of expression instead of a simpler oneb) using a more or less complicated syntactical structure instead of a wordThey are classified into figurative periphrasis (metaphoric periphrasis or metonymic periphrasis) and logical periphrasis (euphemistic periphrasis)Source: V.A.K.••a device which, according to Webster's dictionary, denotes the use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter and plainer form of expression- aims at pointing to one of the seemingly insignificant or barely noticeable features or properties of the given object, and intensifies this property by naming the object by the property;- makes the reader perceive the new appellation against the background of the one existing in the language code and the twofold simultaneous perception secures the stylistic effect;- like simile, has a certain cognitive function inasmuch as in deepens our knowledge of the phenomenon described;I understand you are poor, and wish to earn money by nursing the little boy, my son, who has so prematurely deprived of what can never be replaced. [= mother] (Ch.Dickens)
The lamp-lighter made his nightly failure in attempting to brighten up the street with gas. [= lit the street lamps] (Ch.Dickens)
If a periphrastic locution is understandable outside the context, it is not a stylistic device but merely a synonymous expression.the cap and gown (student body); a gentleman of the long robe (a lowyer); the fair sex (women); my better half (my wife)
Source: I.R.G.••троп, состоящий в замене названия предмета описательным оборотом с указанием его существенных, характерных признаков (I.V.A.)The beast that bears me. (horse) (W.Shakespeare - L)
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