Open AccessRhetorical expressions in headlines of Kannada newspapers
Author(s) -
P. Gajendra,
Sami A. M. Alquhali,
Shahab Ahmad Al Maaytah,
Mohammed Alkoli
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
linguistics and culture review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2690-103X
DOI - 10.21744/lingcure.v6ns2.2002
Subject(s) - simile , newspaper , rhetorical question , hyperbole , rhetorical device , irony , metonymy , linguistics , figure of speech , literal and figurative language , metaphor , euphemism , synecdoche , antithesis , meaning (existential) , expression (computer science) , pun , psychology , computer science , sociology , media studies , philosophy , psychotherapist , programming language
Use of Rhetorical Expression in both written and spoken, is a technique that an author or speaker uses to grab the attention of listener or reader. Rhetorical Expressions make headlines or articulations sensational, eye-catching and attractive through the meaning which inheritance in them and they convey the intention or message of the author or speaker to the listener or reader without any intervening time or space or instantly. Rhetorical devices such as figurative like Personification, Simile, Metaphor, Metonymy, Euphemism, Antithesis, Irony, Pun, and so on, can be used to evoke an emotional response in the audience, but that is not their primary purpose. So, the present paper focuses on Rhetorical Expressions which have been used in the headlines of Kannada Newspapers, namely Mysore Mitra and Andolana which are state newspapers. Data for the present article have been collected from the above-mentioned newspapers (Dated Nov. 20th, 2018 to Dec. 20th, 2018). 186 Rhetorical expressions have been traced out while collecting and analyzing the data.