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Children &Society, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract As a primary source for the early ages, picture books guide preschool children's gender perception through stories and illustrations. However, previous studies have criticised an overall gender inequality in children's picture books. Compared to the increasing attention on gender diversity in the UK picture book industry, there has been little
Yi Li, Melissa Terras, Yongning Li
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Punning in Hungarian anti-proverbs
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2014 Proverbs have never been considered sacrosanct; on the contrary, they have frequently been used as satirical, ironic or humorous comments on a given situation.
Katalin Vargha, Anna T. Litovkina
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Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2009 This study offers a comprehensive treatment of the subject of “word play” in the book of Qoheleth. After discussing the problematic nature of the term “word play,” and explaining my preference for the word ...
Scott B. Noegel
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The Relevance-Based Model of Context in Processing Puns [PDF]
, 2012 While the essential role context plays in the understanding of expressions and utterances has never been questioned, the way it is perceived has evolved from a static factor established prior to the process of utterance interpretation, indeed a ...
Solska, Agnieszka
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“I see,” said Tom icily: Tom Swifties at the beginning of the 21st century
The European Journal of Humour Research, 2014 This paper gives a definition and historical background of the Tom Swifty, addresses different types of punning employed in Tom Swifties, and discusses topics emerging in them.
Anna T. Litovkina
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Geminate Ballast and Clustering: An Unrecognized Literary Feature in Ancient Semitic Poetry
Journal of Hebrew Scriptures, 2005 This study offers a comprehensive treatment of the subject of “word play” in the book of Qoheleth. After discussing the problematic nature of the term “word play,” and explaining my preference for the word ...
Scott Noegel
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'Better a witty fool than a foolish wit': on punning styles of Shakespeare's pedants and jesters
Journal of English Studies, 2013 One of the hallmarks of Shakespeare’s stylistic uniqueness is undoubtedly his dexterous use of puns. Besides being skilfully woven into the dramatic texture of his plays, their great strength lies also in the fact that they are carefully tailored to ...
Magdalena Adamczyk
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Mad puns and French poets: visual-verbal punning and 'l'art des fous' in Apollinaire's Calligrammes [PDF]
, 2014 This article examines the use of visual-verbal punning structures in Guillaume Apollinaire's calligrammes, or visual poems. It considers how Apollinaire's mobilization of these punning structures may have emerged out of an interest in ‘l'art des fous ...
Shingler, Katherine
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On the authorship of the poem “Our Rampant Lifestyle in Karlsbad…”, or the “Karlsbad text” in Russian poetry [PDF]
Литературный факт, 2018 The paper deals with the authorship of the anonymous poem “Razgul'noie zhit'io v Karlsbade my ved'om...” that had been circulating in manuscript copies, and supports the assumption that this poetic joke was created by P.A. Vyazemsky – the hypothesis that
Nikolay L. Vasilyev, Dmitriy N. Zhatkin
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Meta‐Virtuality: Strategies of Disembeddedness in Virtual Interiorities
Journal of Interior Design, EarlyView., 2022 ABSTRACT To reclaim their seat in the rapidly growing market of virtual space, designers of the built environment can benefit from reevaluating theories that see the virtual as a mere extension/reflection of the physical. By claiming ontological autonomy from external worlds, the virtual is liberated from the hegemonic control of the physical.
Vahid Vahdat
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