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SOURCE:	Almanac of Modern Science and Education. Tambov: Gramota, 2015. № 7. P. 44-46.
SCIENTIFIC AREA:	Philological Sciences
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HYPERBOLIC METAPHOR IN THE SPEECH OF THE ENGLISHMEN (BY THE MATERIAL OF THE NOVEL BY CATHY KELLY "PAST SECRETS")

Vlasova Ekaterina Viktorovna
Volgograd State Social Pedagogical University

Abstract. The article examines the hyperbolic metaphor used in the speech of the modern Englishmen for creating the effect of exaggeration. In this connection the peculiarity of the representatives of upper and middle classes - to speak about everything in the exaggerated way - is reflected. Speech strategies implemented by the hyperbolic metaphor in the speech of the modern Englishmen also act as social indicators.

Key words and phrases: гипербола, гиперболическая метафора, переоценка, преувеличение, средние и высшие классы английского общества, hyperbole, hyperbolic metaphor, revaluation, exaggeration, middle and upper classes of English society

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