Speech Play and Verbal Art
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 playfulness is not a frivolous pursuit. Often indicative of people's deepest values and worldview, speech play is a significant site of intersection among language, culture, society, and individual expression. In this book, Joel Sherzer examines many kinds of speech play from places as diverse as the United States, France, Italy, Bali, and Latin America to…
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- ISBN: 978-0-292-77769-9
- EAN: 9780292777699
- Produktnummer: 9851697
- Verlag: University Of Texas Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 198 S.
- Masse: H23.0 cm x B16.0 cm x D1.1 cm 277 g
- Abbildungen: 1 table
- Gewicht: 277
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