The argumentative litotes in The Analects
Litotes, often confused with meiosis and understatement, has long suffered neglect. By comparing synonymous key words in previous definitions, this essay defines litotes as “a trope in which an affirmative is expressed by the negation of its opposite,” and for the first time classifies litotes...
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| Language: | English |
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IOS Press
2017-10-01
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| Series: | Argument & Computation |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3233/AAC-170029 |