Speech play and verbal art [electronic resource] /
by Joel Sherzer.
- 1st ed.
- Austin : University of Texas Press, 2002.
- ix, 186 p.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-178) and index.
Introduction -- The grammar of play and the play of grammar -- Forms of speech play in context -- From speech play to verbal art -- Contexts for speech play.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Plays on words. Word games. Figures of speech. Joking. Riddles.