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The Dynamics of Wordplay

Edited by: Esme Winter-Froemel

Editorial Board: Salvatore Attardo (Texas A&M University Commerce, USA), Dirk Delabastita (Université de Namur, Belgium), Dirk Geeraerts (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium), Raymond W. Gibbs (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA), Alain Rabatel (Université de Lyon 1 /ICAR, UMR 5191, CNRS, Université Lumière-Lyon 2, ENS-Lyon, France), Monika Schmitz-Emans (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany), Deirdre Wilson (University College London, UK)

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The book series is dedicated to the study of the multifaceted dynamics of wordplay as an interface phenomenon. The contributions aim to bring together approaches from various disciplines and present case studies on different communicative settings, inluding everyday language and literary communication, and thus offer fresh perspectives on wordplay in the context of linguistic innovation, language contact, and speaker-hearer-interaction.

La collection vise à analyser la diversité de la dynamique du jeu de mots en tant que phénomène d’interface. Les contributions réunissent les approches de différentes disciplines et présentent des études de cas de situations de communication variées, incluant tant le langage quotidien que la communication littéraire. Ainsi, elles offrent de nouvelles perspectives sur le jeu de mots dans le contexte de l’innovation linguistique, du contact linguistique, et de l’interaction locuteur-interlocuteur.

Editorial Board: Salvatore Attardo (Texas A&M University Commerce, USA), Dirk Delabastita (Université de Namur, Belgium), Dirk Geeraerts (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium), Raymond W. Gibbs (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA), Alain Rabatel (Université de Lyon 1 /ICAR, UMR 5191, CNRS, Université Lumière-Lyon 2, ENS-Lyon, France), Monika Schmitz-Emans (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany), Deirdre Wilson (University College London, UK)

Author / Editor information

Esme Winter-Froemel, Trier University, Germany.

Book Open Access 2019

Sprach-Spiel-Kunst

Ein Dialog zwischen Wissenschaft und Praxis

Esme Winter-Froemel

Volume 8 in this series

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What does wordplay teach us about the function of language and communication? What creative open spaces are used in wordplay, and what are the rules and limits that govern the game? The volume presents ideas of masters of wordplay from literature, film, cabaret, and poetry slams along with brief scientific analyses. The dialogue between theory and practice reveals the diverse complexity of language play.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110586770
ISBN:: 9783110586770
ISBN:: 9783110586985
ISBN:: 9783110586763
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics, other
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Romance Languages
Subject:: Romance Languages, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2018

Jeux de mots, textes et contextes

Esme Winter-Froemel, Alex Demeulenaere

Volume 7 in this series

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This volume is dedicated to the analysis of wordplay in a variety of texts and contexts. It explores the evolution of wordplay and its appreciation over time, as well as the intermediate stages between wordplay and related phenomena. Together with DWP 6, DWP 7 gathers selected papers from the interdisciplinary symposium The Dynamics of Wordplay / La dynamique du jeu de mots (Trier, 2016).

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110586459
ISBN:: 9783110586459
ISBN:: 9783110709742
ISBN:: 9783110586695
ISBN:: 9783110586381
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Romance Languages
Subject:: Romance Languages, general
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies and Linguistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2018

Cultures and Traditions of Wordplay and Wordplay Research

Esme Winter-Froemel, Verena Thaler

Volume 6 in this series

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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.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110586374
ISBN:: 9783110586374
ISBN:: 9783110709728
ISBN:: 9783110586343
ISBN:: 9783110630879
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Discourse Analysis
Subject:: Romance Languages
Subject:: French
Subject:: Romance Languages, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2018

Expanding the Lexicon

Linguistic Innovation, Morphological Productivity, and Ludicity

Sabine Arndt-Lappe, Angelika Braun, Claudine Moulin, Esme Winter-Froemel

Volume 5 in this series

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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.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110501933
ISBN:: 9783110501933
ISBN:: 9783110684940
ISBN:: 9783110500844
ISBN:: 9783110498165
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Interfaces
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Lexicology
Subject:: Romance Languages
Subject:: Romance Languages, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2018

Jeux de mots et créativité

Langue(s), discours et littérature

Bettina Full, Michelle Lecolle

Volume 4 in this series

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This volume seeks to shed light on the interdependencies between wordplay and language creativity. Contributions explore the most diverse genres and discourses throughout History —anagrams, medieval fatrasies, the works of Rabelais, children books, slam, riddles, and contemporary constrained writing—, trying to understand their theoretical, didactic and historical impact.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110519884
ISBN:: 9783110519884
ISBN:: 9783110709476
ISBN:: 9783110518016
ISBN:: 9783110517927
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Romance Languages
Subject:: Romance Languages, general
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies and Linguistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2016

Crossing Languages to Play with Words

Multidisciplinary Perspectives

Sebastian Knospe, Alexander Onysko, Maik Goth

Volume 3 in this series

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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.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110465600
ISBN:: 9783110465600
ISBN:: 9783110463477
ISBN:: 9783110463095
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Applied Linguistics
Subject:: Translation Studies
Subject:: Applied Linguistics, other
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies and Linguistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2015

Enjeux du jeu de mots

Perspectives linguistiques et littéraires

Esme Winter-Froemel, Angelika Zirker

Volume 2 in this series

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In conjunction with the first volume of the series, this collection of essays analyzes techniques and basic traditions of wordplay in various communicative situations and offers new perspectives on the dynamics of wordplay as an interface phenomenon.

Conjointement avec le premier volume de la série, les contributions de ce volume analysent des techniques et des traditions fondamentales du jeu de mots dans des situations de communication variées et offrent ainsi de nouvelles perspectives sur la dynamique du jeu de mots dans toutes ses facettes.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110408348
ISBN:: 9783110406573
ISBN:: 9783110408348
ISBN:: 9783110578768
ISBN:: 9783110408485
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Semiotics
Subject:: Semiotics, other
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies and Linguistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book Open Access 2015

Wordplay and Metalinguistic / Metadiscursive Reflection

Authors, Contexts, Techniques, and Meta-Reflection

Angelika Zirker, Esme Winter-Froemel

Volume 1 in this series

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Wordplay can be seen as a genuine interface phenomenon. It can be found both in everyday communication and in literary texts, and it can fulfil a range of functions – it may be entertaining and comical, it may be used to conceal taboo, and it may influence the way in which the speaker’s character is perceived. Moreover, wordplay also reflects on language and communication: it reveals surprising alternative readings, and emphasizes the phonetic similarity of linguistic signs that also points towards relations on the level of content. Wordplay unravels characteristics of literary language in everyday communication and opens up the possibility to analyze literary texts from a linguistic perspective. The first two volumes of the series The Dynamics of Wordplay therefore aim at bringing together contributions from linguistics and literary studies, focusing on theoretical issues such as basic techniques of wordplay, and its relationship to genres and discourse traditions. These issues are complemented by a series of case studies on the use of wordplay in individual authors and specific historical contexts. The contributions offer a fresh look on the multifaceted dynamics of wordplay in different communicative settings.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110406719
ISBN:: 9783110406566
ISBN:: 9783110406719
ISBN:: 9783110578713
ISBN:: 9783110406849
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Theoretical Frameworks and Disciplines
Subject:: Philosophy of Language
Subject:: Literary Studies
Subject:: Topics in Literary Studies
Subject:: Literary Studies and Linguistics
Publisher:: De Gruyter

Book 2021

Idioms and Ambiguity in Context

Phrasal and Compositional Readings of Idiomatic Expressions

Wiltrud Wagner

Volume 9 in this series

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The present study explores the aesthetic productivity of idiomatic ambiguity in children’s literature. Looking at the connection between context and understanding of idiomatic expressions in either their phrasal or their compositional reading, the study investigates how ambiguity is activated, if, how, and when it is perceived on the different levels of communication, and how literary texts use this ambiguity in playful ways.

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110685459
ISBN:: 9783110685459
ISBN:: 9783110685435
ISBN:: 9783110685497
Subject:: Linguistics and Semiotics
Subject:: Levels of Linguistic Analysis
Subject:: Discourse
Subject:: Pragmatics
Subject:: Romance Languages
Subject:: Romance Languages, general
Publisher:: De Gruyter