140 Pages
by
Routledge
140 Pages
by
Routledge
140 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this highly readable and thought-provoking book, Delia Chiaro explores the pragmatics of word play, using frameworks normally adopted in descriptive linguistics. Using examples from personally recorded conversations, she examines the structure of jokes, quips, riddles and asides. Chiaro explores degrees of conformity to and deviation from established conventions; the `tellability' of jokes, and... Read more
Chapter 1 About word play; Chapter 2 Inside word play; Chapter 3 Framing word play; Chapter 4 Translating word play; Chapter 5 Word play in action;
Biography
Delia Chiaro
