MEIOSIS
This figure of quantity is opposite in meaning to hyperbole. Meiosis is a deliberate diminution of a certain quality of an object or phenomenon. Assigned features. Meiosis underlines insignificance of such qualities of objects and phenomena as their size, volume, distance, time, shape, etc. The domain of meiosis is colloquial speech. Communicative function. Meiosis makes speech expressive. Examples: There was a drop of water left in the bucket. it was a cat-size pony. August can do the job in a second. Cary and Jane's house is one minute from here. The guy is so disgusting! He is a real microbe. Можна ще крапельку супу? Зачекайте хвилинку. В ін пару секунд тому побіг до друга, що живе у трьох кроках звідси, і зараз повернеться.
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