Speech Play and Verbal Art (Paperback, 1st ed)

"This book is impressive for its erudition and its thoroughness...Sherzer more than succeeds in proving his point that the study of speech play is central to understanding language use." -- Journal of Sociolinguistics [This book offers] the first general, unified, book-length treatment, from a linguistic-anthropological viewpoint, of 'speech play.'... Sherzer brings to bear a wide knowledge of relevant theory, as well as data from many human societies around the world. He succeeds in producing a 'state of the art' study, unique of its type, useful either as a textbook or as a reference volume." -- William Bright, Professor Adjoint of Linguistics, University of Colorado

Puns, jokes, proverbs, riddles, play languages, verbal dueling, parallelism, metaphor, grammatical stretching and manipulation in poetry and song-- people around the world enjoy these forms of speech play and verbal artistry which form an intrinsic part of the fabric of their lives. Verbal playfulness is not a frivolous pursuit. Often indicative of people's deepest values and worldview, speech play is a significant site of intersection among language, culture, society, and individual expression.

In this book, Joel Sherzer examines many kinds of speech play from places as diverse as the United States, France, Italy, Bali, and Latin America to offer the first full-scale study of speech play and verbal art. He brings together various speech-play forms and processes and shows what they have in common and how they overlap. He also demonstrates that speech play explores and indeed flirts with the boundaries of the socially, culturally, and linguistically possible and appropriate, thus making it relevant foranthropological and linguistic theory and practice, as well as for folklore and literary criticism.

General

Imprint:	University Of Texas Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	Joel Sherzer
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	186
Edition:	1st ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-292-77769-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics Books > Language & Literature > Language teaching & learning (other than ELT) > General Promotions
LSN:	0-292-77769-8
Barcode:	9780292777699

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