An Analysis of Figurative Language Used in Grimm’s Fairy Tales
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Nov 27, 2018
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Figurative Language Grimm’s Fairy Tales
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The research aimed to analyse the figurative language used in Grimm’s Fairy Tales. For data gathering, all of the 51 imaginary character stories taken from Grimm’s Fairy Tales were used in the analysis. The analysis process was based on 17 figurative languages.
The most common types of figurative language used in Grimm’s Fairy Tales were personification (40%), Repetition (23%) and Simile (16%). On the other hand, the three least used in stories included Parallelism (2%), Metaphor (2%) and Climax (1%). However, Metonymy, Synecdoche, Paradox, Irony, Understatement, Allusion, Pun, Contrast and Phyme were not found in this study.
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Yuan Lvyin. (2011). The Application of Figurative Language used in Fairy Tales. (Master Degree). Guangxi University of Foreign University. Guangxi.
Yang Er. (2007).The figurative Language used in Zhen Yuan’s Fairy Tales. (Master Degree). Central China Normal University. Wuhan.
Liu Yuena. (2004).The study of Hyperbole. (Master Degree (English). Hebei University. Hebei.
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