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Author Sherzer, Joel.

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

Imprint Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description ix, 186 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-178) and index.
Contents 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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Plays on words.
Word games.
Figures of speech.
Joking.
Riddles.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0292777698 (pbk. : alk. paper)
029277768X (hc : alk. paper)

 
    
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