Research Catalog

Title

Playing with words : humour in the English language / Barry J. Blake.

Author

Blake, Barry J.

Publication

London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox Pub., 2007.

Holdings

Details

Description

XII, 181 p.; 22 cm.

Subject

• Plays on words
• Wit and humor > History and criticism

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The nature of humour -- What do people joke about? -- Where humour is to be found -- Laughs in the lexicon -- Puns -- Gramatical ambiguities -- Jokes -- Wit -- Language in context -- Errors -- Rhymes -- Beyond a joke.

ISBN

9781845533304 (pb)

LCCN

^^2006101427