| Description |
1 online resource (x, 129 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The Interface series |
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Interface (London, England)
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| Contents |
The INTERFACE Series; Contents; Series editor's introduction to the Interface series; Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1 About word play; BEYOND WORDS; COMMON DENOMINATORS IN VERBAL HUMOUR; THE CONCEPT OF SHARED KNOWLEDGE; PROSAIC AND POETIC JOKES?; NOTE; 2 Inside word play; SLIPS OF THE TONGUE; Metathesis; Malapropisms; Misplaced words; REPORTED SLIPS; DELIBERATE WORD PLAY; From icon to word; Playing with graphology; Anagrams; Palindromes; Playing with sounds; Manoeuvring phonology; Playing with word boundaries; Playing with word formation; Playing with lexis; Homophones |
| Summary |
Explores the pragmatics of word play, using frameworks normally adopted in descriptive linguistics. Examines the structure of jokes, quips, riddles, asides, and the extent to which they can be universal and specific to one culture |
| Analysis |
Humorous prose |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-127) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Joking.
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Plays on words.
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Pragmatics.
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Play on words
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Pragmatics
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pragmatics.
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Linguistics -- Sociolinguistics.
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Joking
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Plays on words
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Pragmatics
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Woordspelingen.
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Humor (grappigheden)
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Pragmatica.
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Jeux linguistiques.
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Pragmatique.
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Mots d'esprit et jeux de mots.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203135148 |
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9780203135143 |
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9786610651863 |
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6610651868 |
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9780415030908 |
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0415030900 |
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9781134970100 |
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1134970102 |
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9781134970056 |
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1134970056 |
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9781134970094 |
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1134970099 |
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9781138144842 |
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1138144843 |
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