Why use constructional hyperboles? Exploring the communicative functions of constructional hyperboles in the sitcom Friends

The present study emerges from the need to analyse hyperbole, a highly productive figure of speech, which has received scarce attention in comparison with metaphor and metonymy (Peña & Ruiz de Mendoza, 2017, 2022). Framed within the Lexical Constructional Model, this paper embraces the findings...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Andreea Rosca
Format: Article
Language:Catalan
Published: Universitat de València 2024-12-01
Series:Quaderns de Filologia: Estudis Lingüístics
Subjects:
Online Access:https://turia.uv.es/index.php/qfilologia/article/view/28709
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1846110694672433152
author Andreea Rosca
author_facet Andreea Rosca
author_sort Andreea Rosca
collection DOAJ
description The present study emerges from the need to analyse hyperbole, a highly productive figure of speech, which has received scarce attention in comparison with metaphor and metonymy (Peña & Ruiz de Mendoza, 2017, 2022). Framed within the Lexical Constructional Model, this paper embraces the findings in Ruiz de Mendoza & Galera (2014), Peña & Ruiz de Mendoza (2017, 2022), who are concerned with understanding the cognitive processes involved in the production and interpretation of hyperbole. The aims of the current research are twofold: (i) to advance the existing knowledge on constructional hyperboles, and (ii) to explore the communicative functions of such constructions in the sitcom Friends. To examine hyperbolic functions, we followed Cano Mora’s (2011: 105-127) classification of communicative functions connected with the production of hyperbole.
format Article
id doaj-art-8abbc32cf67b409b8d6f21de9c285e26
institution Kabale University
issn 1135-416X
2444-1449
language Catalan
publishDate 2024-12-01
publisher Universitat de València
record_format Article
series Quaderns de Filologia: Estudis Lingüístics
spelling doaj-art-8abbc32cf67b409b8d6f21de9c285e262024-12-23T16:02:00ZcatUniversitat de ValènciaQuaderns de Filologia: Estudis Lingüístics1135-416X2444-14492024-12-012910.7203/QF.29.28709Why use constructional hyperboles? Exploring the communicative functions of constructional hyperboles in the sitcom FriendsAndreea Rosca0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6112-0063<p>Universitat de Val&egrave;ncia</p> The present study emerges from the need to analyse hyperbole, a highly productive figure of speech, which has received scarce attention in comparison with metaphor and metonymy (Peña & Ruiz de Mendoza, 2017, 2022). Framed within the Lexical Constructional Model, this paper embraces the findings in Ruiz de Mendoza & Galera (2014), Peña & Ruiz de Mendoza (2017, 2022), who are concerned with understanding the cognitive processes involved in the production and interpretation of hyperbole. The aims of the current research are twofold: (i) to advance the existing knowledge on constructional hyperboles, and (ii) to explore the communicative functions of such constructions in the sitcom Friends. To examine hyperbolic functions, we followed Cano Mora’s (2011: 105-127) classification of communicative functions connected with the production of hyperbole. https://turia.uv.es/index.php/qfilologia/article/view/28709constructional hyperbolefigurative languagecognitive operationscognitive linguisticsTV series
spellingShingle Andreea Rosca
Why use constructional hyperboles? Exploring the communicative functions of constructional hyperboles in the sitcom Friends
Quaderns de Filologia: Estudis Lingüístics
constructional hyperbole
figurative language
cognitive operations
cognitive linguistics
TV series
title Why use constructional hyperboles? Exploring the communicative functions of constructional hyperboles in the sitcom Friends
title_full Why use constructional hyperboles? Exploring the communicative functions of constructional hyperboles in the sitcom Friends
title_fullStr Why use constructional hyperboles? Exploring the communicative functions of constructional hyperboles in the sitcom Friends
title_full_unstemmed Why use constructional hyperboles? Exploring the communicative functions of constructional hyperboles in the sitcom Friends
title_short Why use constructional hyperboles? Exploring the communicative functions of constructional hyperboles in the sitcom Friends
title_sort why use constructional hyperboles exploring the communicative functions of constructional hyperboles in the sitcom friends
topic constructional hyperbole
figurative language
cognitive operations
cognitive linguistics
TV series
url https://turia.uv.es/index.php/qfilologia/article/view/28709
work_keys_str_mv AT andreearosca whyuseconstructionalhyperbolesexploringthecommunicativefunctionsofconstructionalhyperbolesinthesitcomfriends