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Wordplay and Exclusion
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Edited by:
Esme Winter-Froemel
Languages:
English, French
Published/Copyright:
2025
About this book
This volume focuses on serious aspects of wordplay related to phenomena of exclusion, complementing previous research where its funny and innocent dimension has been foregrounded.
Wordplay is not only an essential means of bonding people and reinforcing group identities, but it can also serve to exclude others. This function of exclusion is often a key part of the communicative game at play.
The papers in this volume, written by authors from a variety of countries, explore types and functions of exclusive wordplay and its inherently multi-addressed nature across different languages, cultures, and historical periods.
Author / Editor information
Esme Winter-Froemel, Würzburg University, Germany.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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More than two to tango: Speakers, hearers, and others excluded from wordplay
1 - Part I: Ten years of research into the dynamics of wordplay: Looking back and forward
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A few personal reflections on wordplay
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On wordplay in just about every sense
29 - Part II: Constructing and negotiating inclusion and exclusion in interaction
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Epistemic exclusion and the paradoxical role of jocular wordplay in L1-L2 intercultural initial interactions
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Wordplay as a tool of online community construction on X
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Protests and placards: Humor and wordplay in Serbia’s 2024–2025 student uprising
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From wordplay to exclusion: Blends and related word-formation processes in Italian politics and journalese
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Di muor yu luk, di les yu si: Wordplay, duplicity, and exclusion in dancehall songs
197 - Part III: Codes, contexts, and communicative settings
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Secret argots and exclusion: The case of Parisian largonji du louchébem and Pertuisian louchébeum
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Fun, but not for everyone: Exclusion in multiple-addressed wordplay in French and basic parameters for analysing exclusive wordplay traditions
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Words that (should not!) exclude: Scientific explanations and wordplay in science fiction and in Villiers de l’Isle-Adam’s L’Ève future
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Wordplay and exclusion in ancient Greek epic and the magical papyri
309 - Appendix
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Contributor information
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Index
Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
November 17, 2025
eBook ISBN:
9783111553498
Hardcover published on:
November 17, 2025
Hardcover ISBN:
9783111552897
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
6
Main content:
349
Illustrations:
22
Tables:
10
Audience(s) for this book
Discourse linguists, sociolinguists, researchers working on discrimination and participation
Creative Commons
BY 4.0
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