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Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:55:28
From: Chris Humphrey [chumphrey at c-s-p.org]
Subject: A Cognitive Linguistics Account of Wordplay: Żyśko

 


Title: A Cognitive Linguistics Account of Wordplay 
Publication Year: 2017 
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
	   http://www.cambridgescholars.com/
	

Book URL: http://www.cambridgescholars.com/a-cognitive-linguistics-account-of-wordplay 


Author: Konrad Żyśko

Hardback: ISBN:  9781443816694 Pages: 177 Price: U.K. £ 54.99
Hardback: ISBN:  9781443816694 Pages: 177 Price: U.S. $ 93.95


Abstract:

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. 

The book provides a survey of relevant linguistic research, introduces the
main tenets of cognitive linguistics, and offers an analysis of wordplay in
the light of available cognitive literature. The final outcome of this work is
an array of intricate mechanisms that govern creation and comprehension of
wordplay.
The book will be of interest to anybody who finds wordplay research appealing,
no matter their level of expertise in the field.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science


Written In: English  (eng)

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