Crossing languages to play with words : multidisciplinary perspectives /

Show other versions (3)

Wordplay involving several linguistic codes represents an important modality of ludic language. It is attested in different epochs, communicative situations, genres, and contexts of use. The translation of wordplay, which is generally seen as a challenging enterprise, illustrates another dimension o...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Knospe, Sebastian, 1979- (Editor), Onysko, Alexander (Editor), Goth, Maik (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin/Boston, GERMANY : De Gruyter Mouton, 2016.
©2016
Series:Dynamics of wordplay ; v. 3.
Subjects:
Plays on words.
Mots d'esprit et jeux de mots.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
Wortspiel
Mehrsprachigkeit
Übersetzung
Language Contact.
Plurilingualism.
Translation.
Wordplay.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Crossing Languages to Play with Words
  • An Introduction ; I. Discussion Forum ; Approaching Wordplay ; Varieties of Wordplay ; Some Specific Insights into Wordplay Form: Sublexical vs. Lexical Level ; A Note on the Relation between Cognitive Linguistics and Wordplay.
  • Discursive Dimensions of Wordplay II. Multilingual Wordplay in Different Communicative Settings ; Multilingual Wordplays amongst Facebook Users in Mongolia ; Handling Linguistic Asymmetries via Bilingual Punning in Conversations among Speakers of Cognate Languages.
  • Through the Cognitive Looking Glass: Studying Bilingual Wordplay in Public Signage Cutting across Linguistic Borders? Interlingual Hair Salon Names in Plurilingual Switzerland ; III. Translation of Wordplay ; Playing on Translation in Shakespeare's Henry V (Act 5, Scene 2).

Similar Items