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HYPERBOLE AS A TOOL INDEPENDENT OF THE SPEAKER'S INTENTION

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Gibbs advocates a distinction between hyperbole and simple overstatement, by which a person unconsciously or unintentionally expresses a proposition that is stronger than the evidence warrants, whereas hyperbole is fundamentally intentional.

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