Speech Play - (Anniversary Collection) by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- From riddles to proverbs, from jingles to jokes, from mnemonics to pig Latin to dueling with words, speech play is central to social life in all of its forms.
- Author(s): Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
- 312 Pages
- Language + Art + Disciplines, Language Arts
- Series Name: Anniversary Collection
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Book Synopsis
From riddles to proverbs, from jingles to jokes, from mnemonics to pig Latin to dueling with words, speech play is central to social life in all of its forms. These essays describe a variety of speech play genres, formulate the "rules" for play with language, and discuss the relevance of speech play to current issues in linguistic theory, cognitive development, and the ethnography of speaking.Review Quotes
"Elucidates the concept and the nature of speech play from several vantage points . . . a welcome contribution to the rapidly growing literature on ethnography of speaking."-- "American Anthropologist"
Dimensions (Overall): 9.21 Inches (H) x 6.14 Inches (W) x .75 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.38 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Anniversary Collection
Sub-Genre: Language Arts
Genre: Language + Art + Disciplines
Number of Pages: 312
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection
Theme: Sociolinguistics
Format: Hardcover
Author: Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
Language: English
Street Date: July 29, 1976
TCIN: 94034129
UPC: 9780812277067
Item Number (DPCI): 247-29-9527
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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