Crossing Languages to Play with Words: Multidisciplinary Perspectives

book: Crossing Languages to Play with Words

Open Access Published by De Gruyter 2016

Crossing Languages to Play with Words

Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Edited by: Sebastian Knospe , Alexander Onysko and Maik Goth

Volume 3 in the series The Dynamics of Wordplay

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110465600

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About this book

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 of crossing linguistic borders in wordplay.

The third volume of the series The Dynamics of Wordplay unites contributions from different disciplines which study the creative and playful use of elements from different languages and the transfer of ludic language into other linguistic systems. It sheds light on the multi-dimensionality, special linguistic make-up, and specific interactive potential of wordplay at the interface of different languages and cultures.

The individual studies collected in this volume will be of interest to scholars from different scientific fields, such as linguistics and literary studies as well as cultural and media studies.

Author / Editor information

S. Knospe, Greifswald University; A. Onysko, Klagenfurt University/Ca’ Foscari University of Venice; M. Goth, Bochum University.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	i
Contents Open Access Download PDF	v
Crossing Languages to Play with Words – An Introduction Sebastian Knospe, Alexander Onysko and Maik Goth Open Access Download PDF	1
I. Discussion Forum
Approaching Wordplay Esme Winter-Froemel Open Access Download PDF	11
Varieties of Wordplay Verena Thaler Open Access Download PDF	47
Some Specific Insights into Wordplay Form: Sublexical vs. Lexical Level Michelle Lecolle Open Access Download PDF	63
A Note on the Relation between Cognitive Linguistics and Wordplay Alexander Onysko Open Access Download PDF	71
Discursive Dimensions of Wordplay Sebastian Knospe Open Access Download PDF	79
II. Multilingual Wordplay in Different Communicative Settings
Multilingual Wordplays amongst Facebook Users in Mongolia Sender Dovchin Open Access Download PDF	97
Handling Linguistic Asymmetries via Bilingual Punning in Conversations among Speakers of Cognate Languages Hanna-Ilona Härmävaara and Maria Frick Open Access Download PDF	113
Too Matsch for You? Monolingual Humorous Slogans Are Recalled Better than Mixed-Language Ones Kerstin Fuhrich and Hans-Jörg Schmid Open Access Download PDF	135
The Semiotics of Multilingual Wordplay in Linguistic Landscapes: Communicative Settings, the Hearer-Origo, and Contextual Knowledge Esme Winter-Froemel Open Access Download PDF	157
Through the Cognitive Looking Glass: Studying Bilingual Wordplay in Public Signage Sebastian Knospe Open Access Download PDF	195
Cutting across Linguistic Borders? Interlingual Hair Salon Names in Plurilingual Switzerland Martin Paviour-Smith Open Access Download PDF	231
III. Translation of Wordplay
Playing on Translation in Shakespeare’s Henry V (Act 5, Scene 2) Matthias Bauer Open Access Download PDF	261
Language Play in Translation: Character and Idiom in Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor Angelika Zirker Open Access Download PDF	283
On Italian Lexical Blends: Borrowings, Hybridity, Adaptations, and Native Word Formations Silvia Cacchiani Open Access Download PDF	305
(Un)punslatable Alice in Signland: Wordplays in Brazilian Sign Language (Língua Brasileira de Sinais-LIBRAS) Paulo Jeferson Pilar Araújo and Thaisy Bentes Open Access Download PDF	337
Sie haben feuchte Nüsse ‒ The Translation of Verbal Humour in German Subtitles of US American Sitcoms Sylvia Jaki Open Access Download PDF	357
Appendix
List of Contributions and Abstracts / Liste des contributions et résumés Open Access Download PDF	381
List of Contributors and Editors Open Access Download PDF	391
Index Open Access Download PDF	397

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Linguisten, Literatur-, Kultur- und Medienwissenschaftler, Bibliotheken
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 400
Keywords: Wordplay; Plurilingualism; Language Contact; Translation

eBook

Published: September 26, 2016
ISBN: 9783110465600

Hardcover

Published: September 26, 2016
ISBN: 9783110463095