Crossing Languages to Play with Words
Crossing Languages to Play with Words

Author: Sebastian Knospe

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2016-09-26

Total Pages: 406

ISBN-13: 3110465604

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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.

Expanding the Lexicon
Expanding the Lexicon

Author: Sabine Arndt-Lappe

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2018-01-22

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 3110498162

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The creation of new lexical units and patterns has been studied in different research frameworks, focusing on either system-internal or system-external aspects, from which no comprehensive view has emerged. The volume aims to fill this gap by studying dynamic processes in the lexicon – understood in a wide sense as not being necessarily limited to the word level – by bringing together approaches directed to morphological productivity as well as approaches analyzing general types of lexical innovation and the role of discourse-related factors. The papers deal with ongoing changes as well as with historical processes of change in different languages and reflect on patterns and specific subtypes of lexical innovation as well as on their external conditions and the speakers’ motivations for innovating. Moreover, the diffusion and conventionalization of innovations will be addressed. In this way, the volume contributes to understanding the complex interplay of structural, cognitive and functional factors in the lexicon as a highly dynamic domain.

Cultures and Traditions of Wordplay and Wordplay Research
Cultures and Traditions of Wordplay and Wordplay Research

Author: Esme Winter-Froemel

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2018-10-22

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 3110586371

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This volume focuses on realisations of wordplay in different cultures and social and historical contexts, and brings together various research traditions of approaching wordplay. Together with the volume DWP 7, it assembles selected papers presented at the interdisciplinary conference The Dynamics of Wordplay / La dynamique du jeu de mots (Trier, 2016) and stresses the inherent dynamicity of wordplay and wordplay research.

Literature on Language
Literature on Language

Author: Christopher Brumfit

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 83

ISBN-13: 9780333567708

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Presents a collection of literary extracts about experiences in language learning. The book is divided into four sections or topic areas: schools and tutors, language acquisition, literary experience, and linguistic insight and prejudice. Extracts are taken from writers from all over the world.

101 Ways to Use Macmillan Dossiers
101 Ways to Use Macmillan Dossiers

Author: Marion Geddes

Publisher: VCTA

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780333568323

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Macmillan Dossiers provide reading material for intermediate level ELT students: magazine-format, topic-based books which integrate text and visual material. This teacher's book covers a range of skills covered in the Dossier books including reading, speaking, grammar and project work.

Cross-Cultural Consumption
Cross-Cultural Consumption

Author: David Howes

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2002-11-01

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1134772343

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Goods are imbued with meanings and uses by their producers. When they are exported, they can act as a means of communication or domination. However, there is no guarantee that the intentions of the producer will be recognized, much less respected, by the consumer from another culture. Cross-Cultural Consumption is a fascinating guide to the cultural implications of the globalization of a consumer society. The chapters address topics ranging from the clothing of colonial subjects in South Africa and the rise of the hypermarket in Argentina, to the presentation of culture in international tourist hotels. Through their examination of cultural imperialism and cultural appropriation of the representation of otherness and identity, Howes and his contributors show how the increasingly global flow of goods and images challenges the very idea of the cultural border and creates new spaces for cultural invention. Marian Bredin, Concordia University, Constance Classen, Jean Comaroff, University of Chicago, Mary Crain, University of Barcelona, Carol Handrickson, Marlboro Colleg

The Great Revolutions and the Civilizations of Modernity
The Great Revolutions and the Civilizations of Modernity

Author: Shmuel N. Eisenstadt

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2006-02-01

Total Pages: 235

ISBN-13: 9047417658

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This book attempts to analyze the civilizational and historical context of the development of the modern revolutions — of the Great Revolutions and of their relations to modernity, to the civilization of modernity, its dynamics and tribulations.