The framework of language

With this volume, Michigan Studies in the Humanities inaugurates a series of books designed to promote cooperation among the various branches of the humanities by presenting perspectives on traditional problems of interpretation and evaluation.

Even though more than half the world's population is bilingual, the study of bilinguals has lagged behind that of monolinguals. With this book, which draws on twenty-five years of the author's research, Francois Grosjean contributes significantly to redressing the balance. The volume covers four areas of research: the definition and characterization of the bilingual person, the perception and production of spoken language by bilinguals...

UPON THE PUN Dual Meaning in Wods and Pictures

 

A clear and comprehensive study of verbal [and visual] puns and double meaning.

Illustrated. Includes bibliographies.

More on Oxymoron

Full title: "More on Oxymoron. Foolish wisdom in words and pictures"

Nonsensical sense, sensible nonsense - a melange of verbal and visual tricks and truths.

The volume examines the motives for lexical borrowing from English during the last century, the processes involved in the penetration of English vocabulary into new environments, and the extent of its integration into twelve languages representing several language families. Many of these absorbing languages are studied here for the first time.