VARIOUS DEFINITIONS OF THE TERM "LITOTES" IN THE LINGUISTIC LITERATURE
Keywords:
litotes, similarities, definition, difference, classification, definitions, views, stylistic, means, positive, cause, reader, listener, stop, consider, statementAbstract
The purpose of this article is to consider and compare various definitions of litotes as a stylistic means and determine the relationship between its interpretations, which at first glance are not always incompatible, and the definition of meiosis in order to identify the fundamental difference between stylistic means that are so similar to each other at first glance.. Litotes is often used in rhetoric. This is because the correct understanding of litot causes a pause for the listener. Litotes is a way to actually emphasize the positive with double negation. Litotes makes the listener think about the statement. Litotes is also a way to get around the problem. Because litotes uses two negative terms to express a positive, is causes a reader or listener to stop and consider the statement.
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