The impact of hyperbole on perception of victim testimony
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2021.01.013
Abstract: Abstract This paper investigates how individuals perceive hyperbole in victim statements. Despite being one of the most commonly used literary tropes, the comprehension and cognition of hyperbole has been largely ignored in the psycholinguistics literature,… read more here.
Keywords: victim testimony; perception victim; hyperbole perception; impact hyperbole ... See more keywords