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This marvelous reference guide should be at the side of every writer; it's the first wordplay dictionary ever! Concepts like "exquisite corpse," "kangaroo word," and "Jabberwocky," which frequently appear in...
A true pioneer in the field of recreational mathematics, Martin Gardner has been wrangling words for decades, and his latest opus is nothing short of extraordinary.
The reason we produced this book was to show people what kind of poetry is available right here in Elkhart, Indiana.
The individual studies collected in this volume will be of interest to scholars from different scientific fields, such as linguistics and literary studies as well as cultural and media studies.
The first two volumes of the series The Dynamics of Wordplay therefore aim at bringing together contributions from linguistics and literary studies, focusing on theoretical issues such as basic techniques of wordplay, and its relationship ...
Abrahams (1972), Maranda (1971), and Georges and Dundes (1963) present excellent analyses of the riddle form. Social aspects of the riddle are examined by Roberts and Forman (1972) and Blacking (1960). My discussion is indebted to all ...
Introduces young readers to punning, with examples in rhyming sentences about music, animals, food, and geography.
The Many Faces of Alias Wordplay is an introduction to a way of thinking and writing that, while borrowing from time-honored styles and ideas will leave its readers with the feeling of something new on the horizon.
... Transfer, Tubingen: Gunter Narr, 345-84. Koller, Werner (1977) Redensarten. Linguistische Aspekte, Vorkommensanalysen ... Transferre Necesse Est ... Current issues of translation theory, Szombathely: Daniel Berzsenyi, 203-08. Levine ...
This book critically examines the evergreen cliché that wordplay defies translation, replacing it by a theory and a case study that aim to come to grips with the reality of wordplay and its translation.