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Puns in Alice in Wonderland and their equivalents in Macedonian

open access: yesJournal of Contemporary Philology, 2020
This paper explores the puns in Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, with a special focus on their types, as well as their Macedonian equivalents. Its aim is to discover on which linguistic techniques the puns are based on, and to present the varieties ...
Sandra Ivanovska
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Passions among Cork Oaks and Lotuses. Vegetable Metaphors in Midnight Songs (Ziyege 子夜歌, 4th‒5th century)

open access: yesMediAzioni, 2022
Midnight Songs or Ziyege 子夜歌 is a cycle of forty-two anonymous pentasyllabic quatrains written by, or for, female singers, whose composition can be dated back to the 4th and 5th centuries. The poems were then gathered together and transmitted to us a few
Luca Stirpe
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A Study of Pun Types and Their Functions in Humorous Posts in Instagram

open access: yesBaltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture
This study examines the types and functions of puns posted by the Instagram accounts @punsonly and @dadsaysjokes, which share humorous wordplay with a wide audience. While puns combine humor, wit, and linguistic creativity, their use in social media has
Elsa Ramadhana   +2 more
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Traduction et créativité dans la bande dessinée En route pour le Goncourt de J.-F. Kierzkowski et M. Ephrem [PDF]

open access: yesÇédille: Revista de Estudios Franceses, 2015
Comic raises a whole series of challenges to the translator due to the different codes that articulate it. The translator will have to identify and respect the meaning of the semantic, pragmatic, iconic, phonic and typographic dimensions of the source ...
Isabel Cómitre Narváez
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A Cognitive Semantic Analysis of Puns in English Advertisements

open access: yesZanco Journal of Humanity Sciences
The use of puns reveals language wit and advertisers tend to promote their products through using them. Linguistically, puns are one of the forms of wordplay; however, some linguists regard it as a synonym of wordplay.
Jwan Ahmed Mustafa   +1 more
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The Translation of English and Chinese Puns from the Perspective of Relevance Theory

open access: yesJoSTrans: The Journal of Specialised Translation, 2010
This paper attempts to provide a relevance-theoretic account for the translation of puns between English and Chinese. The rich cultural connotations behind puns and the distinctive features of the puns’ form, sound and meanings pose great challenges to ...
He Jing
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Hydrogen Permeability of Tubular Polymer Membranes for Biological Methanation Membrane Reactors

open access: yesJournal of Applied Polymer Science, EarlyView.
A reproducible method for permeability measurements of tubular polymer membranes is developed and combined with a comprehensive review of hydrogen permeability data. Based on this analysis, a suitable tubular polymer membrane is identified for application in biological methanation within membrane reactors.
Maximilian Peter Mock   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Les jeux de mots – déconstruction et reconstruction de sens

open access: yesStudia Romanica Posnaniensia, 2013
The present study aims at analyzing puns from the front page of the newspaper Canard Enchaîné, more precisely the deconstruction of meanings and the reconstruction of new meanings by means of this linguistic process.
Georgiana Burbea
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Audiovisual translation of puns in animated films: strategies and procedures

open access: yesThe European Journal of Humour Research, 2020
The translation of the pun is one of the most challenging issues for translators and interpreters. Sometimes puns, especially those containing realia, are considered to be untranslatable.
Elena Aleksandrova
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Air Pollution Quinones Impair Intestinal Barrier Integrity and Endoplasmic Reticulum in Differentiated Caco‐2 Cells

open access: yesJournal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Particulate matter (PM) is a major global health threat, linked to millions of deaths annually. Beyond inhalation, PM components reach the gastrointestinal tract through the mucociliary escalator or contaminated food and water. Among PM's organic fraction, redox‐active quinones such as 1,2‐naphthoquinone (NQ) and 9,10‐phenanthrenequinone (PQ ...
Franco Cervellati   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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