Crossing languages to play with words multidisciplinary perspectives

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Goth, Maik (auth), Knospe, Sebastian, editor (editor), Onysko, Alexander, editor, Goth, Maik, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, [Germany] ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter 2016
2016.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Dynamics of wordplay ; Volume 3.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424519406719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Crossing Languages to Play with Words - An Introduction / Knospe, Sebastian / Onysko, Alexander / Goth, Maik
  • I. Discussion Forum
  • Approaching Wordplay / Winter-Froemel, Esme
  • Varieties of Wordplay / Thaler, Verena
  • Some Specific Insights into Wordplay Form: Sublexical vs. Lexical Level / Lecolle, Michelle
  • A Note on the Relation between Cognitive Linguistics and Wordplay / Onysko, Alexander
  • Discursive Dimensions of Wordplay / Knospe, Sebastian
  • II. Multilingual Wordplay in Different Communicative Settings
  • Multilingual Wordplays amongst Facebook Users in Mongolia / Dovchin, Sender
  • Handling Linguistic Asymmetries via Bilingual Punning in Conversations among Speakers of Cognate Languages / Härmävaara, Hanna-Ilona / Frick, Maria
  • Too Matsch for You? Monolingual Humorous Slogans Are Recalled Better than Mixed-Language Ones / Fuhrich, Kerstin / Schmid, Hans-Jörg
  • The Semiotics of Multilingual Wordplay in Linguistic Landscapes: Communicative Settings, the Hearer-Origo, and Contextual Knowledge / Winter-Froemel, Esme
  • Through the Cognitive Looking Glass: Studying Bilingual Wordplay in Public Signage / Knospe, Sebastian
  • Cutting across Linguistic Borders? Interlingual Hair Salon Names in Plurilingual Switzerland / Paviour-Smith, Martin
  • III. Translation of Wordplay
  • Playing on Translation in Shakespeare's Henry V (Act 5, Scene 2) / Bauer, Matthias
  • Language Play in Translation: Character and Idiom in Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor / Zirker, Angelika
  • On Italian Lexical Blends: Borrowings, Hybridity, Adaptations, and Native Word Formations / Cacchiani, Silvia
  • (Un)punslatable Alice in Signland: Wordplays in Brazilian Sign Language (Língua Brasileira de Sinais-LIBRAS) / Araújo, Paulo Jeferson Pilar / Bentes, Thaisy
  • Sie haben feuchte Nüsse ‒ The Translation of Verbal Humour in German Subtitles of US American Sitcoms / Jaki, Sylvia
  • Appendix
  • List of Contributions and Abstracts / Liste des contributions et résumés
  • List of Contributors and Editors
  • Index