UID:
almahu_9949065569102882
Format:
1 online resource (XI, 203 p.)
ISBN:
9781501505119
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9783110696271
Series Statement:
Language Play and Creativity ; 3
Content:
This book focuses on the unexplored context of contemporary Swedish comic strips as sites of innovative linguistic practices, where humor is derived from language play and creativity, often drawing from English and other European languages as well as social and regional dialects of Swedish. The overall purpose of the book is to highlight linguistic playfulness in Swedish comic strips, as an example of practices as yet unobserved and unaccounted for in theories of linguistic humor as applied to comics scholarship.The book familiarizes the reader with the Swedish language and linguistic culture as well as contemporary Swedish comic strips, with chapters focusing on specific strategies of language play and linguistic humor, such as mocking Swedish dialects and Swedish-accented foreign language usage, invoking English language popular culture, swearing in multiple languages, and turn-final code-switching to English to signal the punchline.The book will appeal to readers interested in humor, comics, or how linguistic innovation, language play, and language contact each can further the modern development of language, exemplified by the case of Swedish.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Acknowledgements --
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Contents --
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List of Figures --
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1. Language play as humor in comic strips --
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2. Vällkamm to Sviden --
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3. Schwädu hupp jöördi hoo --
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4. Gracias de nada! --
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5. In English, please --
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6. Are you completely @#ᴥ fucking crazy? --
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7. Face the facts --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English.
In:
DG Ebook Package 2020, De Gruyter, 9783110696271
In:
DG Ebook Package English 2020, De Gruyter, 9783110696288
In:
De Gruyter English eBooks 2020 - UC, De Gruyter, 9783110659061
In:
De Gruyter Mouton Frontlist 2020, De Gruyter, 9783110743166
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English, De Gruyter, 9783110704716
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020, De Gruyter, 9783110704518
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Linguistics 2020 English, De Gruyter, 9783110704761
In:
EBOOK PACKAGE Linguistics 2020, De Gruyter, 9783110704563
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501505058
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501514319
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781501505119
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501505119
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501505119
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501505119
