figure of speech

Japanese: figure of speech(英語表記)figureofspeech
figure of speech

...The term 'metaphor' is often used synonymously with the homonym 'simile' or simply with the word 'metaphor'.
[Relationship with rhetoric]
In traditional European rhetoric, numerous kinds of "figures of speech" were classified in the (narrowly defined) rhetorical division, which deals with the techniques of linguistic expression. A "figure" is an expression form that stands out from ordinary expressions, and over 100 types were explained as techniques, such as phrase insertion, omission, transposition, and repetition as figures of sentence structure, and relaxation, contrast, and personification as figures of thought.

*Some terminology explanations that mention "figure of speech" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…〈比喩〉という用語は,同音語〈譬喩〉や,あるいはたんに〈喩〉という語と同義にもちいられるばあいが多い。
[レトリックとの関係]
 ヨーロッパの伝統レトリックにおいては,言語表現の技術をあつかう(狭義の)修辞部門のなかに,おびただしい種類の〈ことばのあやfigure of speech〉が分類されていた。〈あや〉とは,平常の表現とは異なって目立つ表現形式のことであり,たとえば,文型のあやとしての語句挿入,省略,転置,反復など,思考のあやとしての緩叙,対比,擬人など,100を越える型が技法として説明されていた。…

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