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Structural Ambiguity in English 2 Volume Set
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Description
Most ambiguity scholarship is concerned with disambiguation-the process of making what is ambiguous clear. This book takes the opposite approach as it focuses on describing the features in the English language that may contribute towards the creation of structural ambiguities, which form the core of some of the best word-plays found in advertising, comedy and marketing.
Oaks utilizes a systematic and comprehensive inventory approach that identifies individual elements in the language and their distinctive behaviors that can be manipulated in the deliberate creation of structural ambiguities. In doing so he also provides authentic examples to illustrate the concepts he presents.
This book will appeal to researchers and academics interested in the structure of the English language, usage, pragmatics, communication, natural language processing, editing, and humor studies as well as those in marketing, advertising, or humor writing.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
560
Release Date:
2010-07-27
Publication Date:
2010-05-27
Publisher:
Continnuum-3PL
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
1847064159
ISBN13:
9781847064158
Weight:
998 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
34 cm
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