Synonym(s):

• figure (of speech)

Source(s):

CRYSTAL 2003400
PEI & GAYNOR 195473 (figure of rhetoric)
HARTMANN & STORK 197284
NÖTH 1990339
ELL1221ff.

• CRYSTAL, David. (2003) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, 5th Ed Oxford: Blackwell.
• PEI, Mario A. & GAYNOR, Frank. (1954) A Dictionary of Linguistics. New York : Philosophical Library.
• HARTMANN, R.R.K. & STORK, F.C. (1972) Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. London: Applied Science Publishers.
• NÖTH, Winfried. (1990) Handbook of Semiotics. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 
• The Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. (1994) Oxford: Pergamon Press.

Domain:

Rhetorics