Speech Play and Verbal Art / / Joel Sherzer.
Puns, jokes, proverbs, riddles, play languages, verbal dueling, parallelism, metaphor, grammatical stretching and manipulation in poetry and song— people around the world enjoy these forms of speech play and verbal artistry which form an intrinsic part of the fabric of their lives. Verbal playfulnes...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Grammar of Play and the Play of Grammar
- 3. Forms of Speech Play in Context
- 4. From Speech Play to Verbal Art
- 5. Contexts for Speech Play
- Notes
- References
- Credits
- Index