英語中除了metaphor、personification等十幾種最常見的修辭格之外,還存在數(shù)以百計的另類特殊修辭格(unllsual figlJres of speech)或修辭方法。《英語增強(qiáng)和變形修辭格研究》選取了其中40個辭格,按兩大類分別對其進(jìn)行解讀,內(nèi)容包括定義、例解和用法討論。讀者既可以將《英語增強(qiáng)和變形修辭格研究》作為一本英語特殊修辭格詞典加以使用,也可以將其作為一本語言學(xué)普及讀本加以參考。
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Figures of Speech in English 2.1 Figures of speech as techniques of figurative language in communication 2.2 Definition of figure of speech 2.3 History and etymology of the term "figure" 2.4 Functions of figures of speech 2.5 Classification of figures of speech Chapter 3 Figures of Amplification 3.1 Adynaton 3.1.1 Introduction 3.1.2 Definition 3.1.3 Functions of adynaton 3.1.4 Examples and illustrations 3.1.5 Discussion and summary 3.2 Ampliatio 3.2.1 Definition 3.2.2 Examples and illustrations 3.2.3 Discussion 3.3 , Amplificatio 3.3.1 Definition 3.3.2 Examples and illustrations 3.3.3 Discussion and summary 3.4 Anabasis 3.4.1 Definition 3.4.2 Examples 3.4.3 Discussion 3.5 Auxesis 3.5.1 Definition 3.5.2 Examples and illustrations 3.5.3 Functions of auxesis 3.5.4 Discussion and summary 3.6 Bdelygmia 3.6.1 Definition 3.6.2 Use of bdelygmia 3.6.3 Examples and illustrations 3.6.4 Discussion and summary 3.7 Climax 3.7.1 Definition 3.7.2 Examples and illustrations 3.7.3 Discussion and Summary 3.8 Correctio 3.8.1 Definition 3.8.2 Use of correctio 3.8.3 Examples 3.8.4 Discussion and summary 3.9 Distinctio 3.9.1 Definition 3.9.2 Use of distinctio 3.9.3 Examples and illustrations 3.9.4 Discussion and summary 3.10 Dysphemism 3.10.1 Definition …… Chapter 4 Figures of Distortion Chapter 5 Conclusion APPENDIX References