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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451655803321

Autore

Sherzer Joel

Titolo

Speech play and verbal art [[electronic resource] /] / by Joel Sherzer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Austin, : University of Texas Press, 2002

ISBN

0-292-79669-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Disciplina

401/.41

Soggetti

Plays on words

Word games

Figures of speech

Joking

Riddles

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-178) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The grammar of play and the play of grammar -- Forms of speech play in context -- From speech play to verbal art -- Contexts for speech play.