A cognitive linguistics account of wordplay /
Even though the ability to create witty puns seems to be an inherent skill of humankind, an apt explanation of their linguistic nature has evaded many academic descriptions. This monograph offers a novel conceptual perspective on the creation of meaning observable beneath the surface of wordplay. Th...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Towards a Definition of Wordplay -- 1.2.1 Similarity of Forms -- 1.2.2 Ambiguity -- 1.2.3 Novelty and Humour -- 1.2.4 Taxonomy of Wordplay -- 1.3 Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter Two -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Perception and Categorisation -- 2.3 The Role of Context -- 2.4 Conceptual Metaphor -- 2.5 Conceptual Blending -- 2.6 Summary and Conclusions -- Chapter Three -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Wordplay and Meaning Variation -- 3.2.1 Wordplay and Image Schemas -- 3.2.2 Polysemy, Homonymy and Vagueness -- 3.2.3 Wordplay and Hidden Sense Relations -- 3.2.4 Concluding Remarks -- 3.3 Wordplay and Conceptual Integration Theory -- 3.3.1 Conceptual Blending and Meaning Construction -- 3.3.2 Wordplay and Current Discourse Space -- 3.3.3 Concluding Remarks -- 3.4 Analysability/Compositionality Parameter of Wordplay -- 3.4.1 Wordplay as (Non)Compositional Items -- 3.4.2 A/C and Idiomatic Language -- 3.4.3 A/C Cline: from Prototypes to Peripheral Cases -- 3.4.4 Concluding Remarks -- 3.5 Summary and Conclusions -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index. | |
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