The Impact of Hyperbole on the Perception of Testimonies from Victims of Sexual Crime

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The Impact of Hyperbole on the Perception of Testimonies from Victims of Sexual Crime

Hyperbole is a figure of speech which enhances emotionality by emphasising speaker intentions and evaluations. While hyperbole itself has not been studied in victim speech, emotionality is believed to be a deciding factor in forensic decisions. This thesis focuses on the language of victim testimony...

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Main Author:	Desai, Shreyasi
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2023
Subjects:	hyperbole victim perception sexual crime perception forensic pragmatics psycholinguistics
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/72081/

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