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Playing with Words
Barry J. Blake
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Description for Playing with Words
Paperback. Humour permeates our lives. People tell jokes, make puns, and engage in witty banter. This book shows how every facet of language is exploited for humour. It covers the subject matter of humour and the part it plays in society. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: CF; WHJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Humour permeates our lives. People tell jokes, make puns, and engage in witty banter. There is written humour in headlines and captions, in ads, on signs, t-shirts, and bumper stickers, and in the form of graffiti. Nowadays humour is available on the web and circulated by e-mail. Playing with Words shows how every facet of language is exploited for humour. Where a word has multiple meanings or sounds like another, this is the basis for puns (A boiled egg is hard to beat). The word-building rules are used for clever compounds, smart blends and catchy phrases as in ... Read more
Humour permeates our lives. People tell jokes, make puns, and engage in witty banter. There is written humour in headlines and captions, in ads, on signs, t-shirts, and bumper stickers, and in the form of graffiti. Nowadays humour is available on the web and circulated by e-mail. Playing with Words shows how every facet of language is exploited for humour. Where a word has multiple meanings or sounds like another, this is the basis for puns (A boiled egg is hard to beat). The word-building rules are used for clever compounds, smart blends and catchy phrases as in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
255g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845533304
SKU
V9781845533304
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-50
About Barry J. Blake
Barry J. Blake retired from the position of Foundation Professor of Linguistics at La Trobe University, Melbourne, in 2003. He is the co-author of Language Typology (1981) and author of Australian Aboriginal Grammar (1987), Relational Grammar (1990), Case (1994, 2001) and several books on various Australian languages. Most of his past research has been in comparative and historical linguistics, but ... Read more
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