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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
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. The rationale for such an approach lies in the fact that language, and hence wordplay, is a cognitive phenomenon which involves some underlying complex mental processes, such as thinking in terms of image schemas, conceptual metaphor and metonymy, or blending, to mention just a few. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Plays on words.
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Plays on words. |
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Cognitive grammar.
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Cognitive grammar. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Żyśko, Konrad. Cognitive linguistics account of wordplay. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017 1443816698 (OCoLC)962010870 |
| ISBN |
9781443860963 (electronic book) |
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1443860964 (electronic book) |
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9781443816694 |
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1443816698 |
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