The functions of punning utterances in English and Chinese: a cross-cultural perspective

Capitalizing on the universal linguistic feature of ambiguity, punning utterances can be found in languages as distinct as the Indo-European, marginally inflected English and the Sino-Tibetan, monosyllabic, inflectionless Chinese. Though forming a tiny fraction of the utterances produced in these la...

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Main Author: Agnieszka Solska
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Oficyna Wydawnicza ATUT 2021-12-01
Series:Beiträge zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Sprachwissenschaft
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Online Access:https://beitraege-contributions.pl/articles/10/08_solska.pdf
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