The dynamics of wordplay and the modern novel: A paired case study

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. The dynamics of wordplay and wordplay research 1
4. I. New perspectives on the dynamics of wordplay
5. Words making love together: Dynamics of metaphoric creativity 23
6. The dynamics of wordplay and the modern novel: A paired case study 47
7. Wor(l)dplay: Reflections on a writing-experience 75
8. II. Approaches to wordplay and verbal humor
9. Universals in puns and humorous wordplay 89
10. The phonetics of ambiguity: A study on verbal irony 111
11. Exercises in wile 137
12. III. Traditions of wordplay in different social and cultural settings
13. One does not simply process memes: Image macros as multimodal constructions 167
14. Wordplay as a means of post-colonial resistance 195
15. Examples and poetics of wordplay in Han Shaogong’s language-reflective novel A Dictionary of Maqiao 217
16. Wordplay and baroque linguistic ideas 235
17. Appendix
18. List of contributions and abstracts 261
19. Index 275
20. List of contributors 279