Talk:Q182545
Autodescription — stylistic device (Q182545)
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Authority control for English term stylistic device
[edit]- "stylistic device" is not found in Britannica online, whereas "figure of speech" is found there.
- "Figure of speech" is in Australian Educational Vocabulary[1]; "stylistic device" is not found there.
Related although not authority control:
- Google Ngram Viewer suggests "figure of speech" is much more common[2].
--Dan Polansky (talk) 20:01, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
Contrast between stylistic device and figure of speech
[edit]- Either there is a contrast, and then it should be clearly stated, and it will make sense to have two articles on at least some wikis, and have two separate Wikidata entities.
- Or there is no contrast, and then the "stylistic device" entity should be merged into "figure of speech", and "stylistic devic" should be listed as alternative label.
- To handle this, it would be vital to collect good sources defining "stylistic device" in English or any other language that has an analogous term.
--Dan Polansky (talk) 20:12, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
Q182545 - figure of speech vs. stylistic device
[edit]It was only on 26 January 2019 that this entry was changed from "figure of speech" to "stylistic device" via Special:Diff/843439660 without a discussion, contrary to labels used in authority control.
What now?
- Option: Let us assume that Q182545 is for "stylistic device", and centralize "figure of speech" at Q10690215. This is what I am doing.
- Option: Roll back everything before 26 January 2019 and restore Q182545 to "figure of speech" as defined by Britannica and Australian Educational Vocabulary.
What is the best course of action? How do the various languages whose labels do not sound like "figure of speech" or "rhetorical figure" but rather like "stylistic device" define the concept, and how does it differ from "figure of speech" if at all? --Dan Polansky (talk) 20:28, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
Since assonance and consonance seem to be examples of stylistic device that is not figure of speech, option 1 seems to be fine to proceed with, that is, keep two separate entities/concepts. --Dan Polansky (talk) 21:24, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
assonance is a stylistic device
[edit]As per:
But assonance is not a figure of speech, from what I understand. This would provide the sought contrast between figure of speech and stylistic device.