Mondegreens
Title | Mondegreens PDF eBook |
Author | J. A. Wines |
Publisher | Michael O'Mara Books |
Pages | 143 |
Release | 2012-02-28 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 1843178451 |
Mondegreens is a side-splittingly funny collection of wonderful and absurd mishearings, that is certain to appeal to English language aficionados everywhere.
The Ants Are My Friends
Title | The Ants Are My Friends PDF eBook |
Author | Martin Toseland |
Publisher | Portico |
Pages | 175 |
Release | 2013-01-25 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN | 1909396109 |
Linguistic mistakes. We all make them. And if your name is George W Bush, you might make them more often than others. In 'The Ants are My Friends' (delightfully misheard from Bob Dylan's "Blowing in the Wind") Martin Toseland has collected the very best (and very worst) linguistic gifts of the gaffe. The catergories features include: Malapropisms (named after Mrs Malaprop in Sheridan's "The Rivals" where the wrong word pops out to bizarre results); Eggcorns (where a new word is created from misheard real one - the name comes from someone misunderstanding 'acorn' as 'eggcorn', as it has the same shape); Bushisms (the humour in which cannot be misunderestimated); and Mondegreens or misheard lyrics, which include such classic examples as: Who Ya Gonna Call, Gus Foster ("Ghostbusters" by Ray Parker Junior); Last Night I Dreamed of Some Bagels ("La Isla Bonita" by Madonna); Sparing His Life For His Mum's Sausages ("Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen); It's a Fruit, Fruit Samba ("Cruel Summer" by Bananarama); and, Mr Tangerine Man ("Mr Tambourine Man" by Bob Dylan).
The Language of Humor
Title | The Language of Humor PDF eBook |
Author | Don L. F. Nilsen |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | |
Release | 2018-10-31 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 110826560X |
Much of today's communication is carried out through various kinds of humor, and we therefore need to be able to understand its many aspects. Here, two of the world's leading pioneers in humor studies, Alleen and Don Nilsen, explore how humor can be explained across the numerous sub-disciplines of linguistics. Drawing on examples from language play and jokes in a range of real-life contexts, such as art, business, marketing, comedy, creative writing, science, journalism and politics, the authors use their own theory of 'Features, functions and subjects of Humor' to analyze humor across all disciplines. Each highly accessible chapter uses a rich array of examples to stimulate discussion and interaction even in large classes. Supplemental PowerPoints to accompany each of the 25 chapters are available online, taking many of the insights from the chapters for further interactional discussions with students.
Funny Words in Plautine Comedy
Title | Funny Words in Plautine Comedy PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Fontaine |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 0195341449 |
Combining textual and literary evidence, this book argues that many Plautine jokes, puns, and names of characters were misunderstood in antiquity. By examining the comedian's tendency to make up and misuse words, Fontaine elucidates many new jokes and argues for a sophisticated, Hellenistic Plautus who wrote for a sophisticated Roman audience.
Garner's Modern English Usage
Title | Garner's Modern English Usage PDF eBook |
Author | Bryan A. Garner |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 1113 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0190491485 |
The authority on grammar, usage, and style.
Garner's Modern English Usage
Title | Garner's Modern English Usage PDF eBook |
Author | Bryan Garner |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 1113 |
Release | 2016-03-11 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0190491493 |
With more than a thousand new entries and more than 2,300 word-frequency ratios, the magisterial fourth edition of this book-now renamed Garner's Modern English Usage (GMEU)-reflects usage lexicography at its finest. Garner explains the nuances of grammar and vocabulary with thoroughness, finesse, and wit. He discourages whatever is slovenly, pretentious, or pedantic. GMEU is the liveliest and most compulsively readable reference work for writers of our time. It delights while providing instruction on skillful, persuasive, and vivid writing. Garner liberates English from two extremes: both from the hidebound "purists" who mistakenly believe that split infinitives and sentence-ending prepositions are malfeasances and from the linguistic relativists who believe that whatever people say or write must necessarily be accepted. The judgments here are backed up not just by a lifetime of study but also by an empirical grounding in the largest linguistic corpus ever available. In this fourth edition, Garner has made extensive use of corpus linguistics to include ratios of standard terms as compared against variants in modern print sources. No other resource provides as comprehensive, reliable, and empirical a guide to current English usage. For all concerned with writing and editing, GMEU will prove invaluable as a desk reference. Garner illustrates with actual examples, cited with chapter and verse, all the linguistic blunders that modern writers and speakers are prone to, whether in word choice, syntax, phrasing, punctuation, or pronunciation. No matter how knowledgeable you may already be, you're sure to learn from every single page of this book.
The Army Lawyer
Title | The Army Lawyer PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1218 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Courts-martial and courts of inquiry |
ISBN |