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The Cognitive Study of English Synonymy of Figures of Speech

  

  1. College of Foreign Languages, Wenshan University, Wenshan, Yunnan 663000, China
  • Received:2014-03-20 Online:2014-09-15 Published:2014-09-15

Abstract:

Rhetorical synonymy is defined as langue synonymy and parole synonymy. The paper analyzes synonymy of figures of
speech and its characteristic from inner semantic structures of figures of speech. Synonymy of figures of speech is the product of rhetoric relations and one of the devices of parole synonymy. This paper also emphasizes that not all of the figures of speech can shape synonymous relation.

Key words: langue synonymy, parole synonymy, rhetorical synonymy, synonymy of figures of speech

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