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Essays in Criticism, 2018 JAMES MERRILL’S FRIEND W. H. AUDEN wrote that ‘Good poets have a weakness for bad puns’. A punster himself, Auden needed it to be true. Most of his puns are of the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it kind. At the end of ‘In Praise of Limestone’, he ironically sees ‘faultless love’ in a limestone landscape; in ‘Letter to Lord Byron’, he refers to the Romantic poet’
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Performing Papal Supremacy: Niccolò Cieco's Capitoli for Martin V and Eugenius IV
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article analyses two poems performed by the blind oral poet (or canterino) Niccolò Cieco of Arezzo for the first two popes elected after the Great Schism, Martin V and Eugenius IV. It argues that Niccolò's characterisation of the papal office must be understood in relation to both medieval canon law and contemporary ecclesiological ...
Isaac Figliuoli
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What’s in a Name? Playing in the Onomastic Sandbox [PDF]
, 2018 Name as Key-Word brings together a collection of essays, many of them previously published, whose consistent theme is exploring examples of onomastic wordplay or puns in Mormon scripture in general and the Book of Mormon in particular.
Barney, Kevin L.
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A Sephardic Quevedo? Abraham Gómez Silveira, Between Controversy and Poetry
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A book published in 2000, El barroco sefardí Abraham Gómez Silveira (The Sephardic Baroque Abraham Gómez Silveira), introduced us to this hitherto unknown author, baptised in Castile in 1651, who was educated at the school of the sacred congregation of the Sephardic Jews in Amsterdam.
Mercedes Blanco
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Pun processing in advertising posters: evidence from eye tracking. [PDF]
J Eye Mov Res, 2023 Konovalova A, Petrova T.
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World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This mixed‐methods study explores relationships among university students’ motivation for English‐medium instruction (EMI), beliefs about English‐only practices, and views on translanguaging at a Bangladeshi private university. It also examines whether disciplinary background and previous medium of instruction shape these perspectives.
Mohammad Mosiur Rahman +2 more
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Contexts and pragmatic strategies of COVID-19 related cartoons in Nigeria
Language and Semiotic StudiesThe global outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has been experienced differently by people depending on their socio-cultural contexts. These varied experiences are expressed in various forms of communication, including cartoons.
Olajimbiti Ezekiel Opeyemi +1 more
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Address Terms in Communication Between Fashion Companies and Their Customers on Instagram
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article investigates the ways in which three global fashion brands, Princess Polly (Australia), Adore Me (United States) and Cider (China), address customers in their Instagram comments and captions during a 3‐month period in 2022. The analysis focuses on positive politeness markers such as the use of first names, nicknames and friendship/
Minna Nevala, Hanna Limatius
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An Investigation of Pun Translatability in English Translations of Sa’di’s Ghazals Based on Delabastita’s Proposed Model [PDF]
, 2016 The rich cultural connotations behind puns and the distinctive features of the puns’ form, sound and meanings pose great challenges to the translator. Furthermore, given puns’ non-negligible effects in Persian literary texts, it has been the aim of the ...
Koochacki, Fahime
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Calling for a Collective Black Translanguaging Approach to Phonics Instruction
The Reading Teacher, Volume 80, Issue 4, January/February 2027.ABSTRACT This paper is a call to imagine a new future: one that cherishes the beauty of Black Language for young bilingual Black children learning to connect sounds and symbols in classrooms across the country. In current schooling, realizing this future will require substantial imagination and creativity to bend our approaches to reading and mend ...
Alice Y. Lee, Teaira McMurtry
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