Play On Words

Author : Dr. John F. Does
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-03
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781525546884

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A Play on Words by Dr. John F. Does Pdf

A Play on Words is a lively, knee-slapping romp through the inherent vagaries of the English language. Readers can let the book drop open at any page and find an invitation to appreciate the absurdities with which real life is packed and to enjoy a giggle from John Does’ clever take on them. Dr. John F. Does is also the author of a series of conversation-starter books for children on a range of sensitive social topics. The Weather’s Shitty, Kitty is an adorable exploration of words. Words are not good or bad. They are just words. But how we use our words can make people feel uncomfortable. Uncle Funky’s a Drunk, Skunk is a warm and loving way to help young children understand the issue of problem drinking by adults. Those Hens are Cliquey, Chickie is a fun, action-packed look at youth cliques and bullying. That Salmon’s not so Dumb, Chum warmly explores dyslexia from the perspectives of children, parents and teachers.

Author : Frida Clements
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781452153674

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Have a Little Pun by Frida Clements Pdf

Artist Frida Clements playfully combines colorfully detailed flora and fauna drawings with funny hand-lettered wordplay in this collection of beautifully illustrated puns. Honey, bee yourself! Gopher it. Don't be koi. Like puns? That's coo, says the pigeon. Hate puns? Birch, please. Bringing a giggle (and sometimes a groan) with each inspired page, this clever ebook makes a lovely and lighthearted gift for fans of witty humor and illustration. Having a bad hare day? Feeling a little antsy? What the hail, just dill with it, and for fox sake, have a little pun.

Author : Richard Lederer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781439138960

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The Play of Words by Richard Lederer Pdf

Learn the origins of popular phrases in the English language through this exciting book of games perfect for language lovers. Do you know the connection between the expression A HARROWING EXPERIENCE and agriculture, between BY AND LARGE and sailing, between GET YOUR GOAT and horses, or between STEAL YOUR THUNDER and show business? You probably have heard the comparisons HAPPY AS A CLAM, SMART AS A WHIP, PLEASED AS PUNCH, DEAD AS A DOORNAIL—but have you ever wondered why a clam should be happy, a whip smart, punch pleased, and a doornail dead? Through the fifty games included in The Play of Words you'll discover the answers to these questions as well as hundreds of other semantic delights that repose in our marvelous English language.

Author : Joseph Twadell Shipley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Word games
ISBN : OCLC:300318274

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Playing with Words by Joseph Twadell Shipley Pdf

Author : Peter Farb
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781101971291

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Word Play by Peter Farb Pdf

Why do certain words make us blush or wince? Why do men and women really speak different languages? Why do nursery rhymes in vastly different societies possess similar rhyme and rhythm patterns? What do slang, riddles and puns secretly have in common? This erudite yet irresistibly readable book examines the game of language: its players, strategies, and hidden rules. Drawing on the most fascinating linguistic studies—and touching on everything from the Marx Brothers to linguistic sexism, from the phenomenon of glossolalia to Apache names for automobile parts—Word Play shows what really happens when people talk, no matter what language they happen to be using.

Author : Sebastian Knospe,Alexander Onysko,Maik Goth
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110463477

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Crossing Languages to Play with Words by Sebastian Knospe,Alexander Onysko,Maik Goth Pdf

Wordplay involving several linguistic codes is an important modality of ludic language. This volume offers a multidisciplinary approach to the topic, discussing examples from different epochs, genres, and communicative situations. The contributions illustrate the multi-dimensionality, linguistic make-up, and the special interactive potential of wordplay across linguistic and cultural boundaries, including the challenging practice of translation.

Author : Gyles Brandreth
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-06
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781473620315

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Word Play by Gyles Brandreth Pdf

'No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest.' Only words can do that. Words are magic. Words are fun. Join Gyles Brandreth - wit and word-meister, Just A Minute regular, One Show reporter, denizen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, founder of the National Scrabble Championships, patron of The Queen's English Society, QI, Room 101, Have I Got News For You and Pointless survivor - on an uproarious and unexpected magic carpet ride around the awesome world of words and wordplay. Puns, palindromes, pangrams, Malaprops, euphemisms, mnemonics, acronyms, anagrams, alphabeticals, Tweets, verbiage, verbarrhea - if you can name it, you should find it here, along with the longest, shortest, wittiest, wildest, oldest, latest, oddest, most interesting and most memorable words in the English language - the richest, most remarkable language ever known.

Author : Jon Gordon,Dan Britton,Jimmy Page
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781119430315

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One Word for Kids by Jon Gordon,Dan Britton,Jimmy Page Pdf

From the authors who created the One Word movement, impacting schools, businesses, and sports teams around the world, comes a charming fable that can be read and shared by everyone. If you could choose only one word to help you have your best year ever, what would it be? Love? Fun? Believe? Brave? It’s prob­ably different for everyone. How you find your word is just as important as the word itself. And once you know your word, what do you do with it? In One Word for Kids, bestselling author Jon Gordon—along with coauthors Dan Britton and Jimmy Page—asks these questions to children and adults of all ages, teaching an important life lesson in the process. This engaging, fully illustrated fable follows Stevie, a young boy falling asleep on the first day of school. His teacher gives the class an assignment: to find the one word that will help them have their best year ever. To discover their one word, they must look inside themselves, look up, and look out. At home, Stevie is upset be­cause he can’t find his word. After his dad offers some helpful advice, Stevie excitedly begins the quest for his word. His search helps him discover a lot about himself, what he loves, and what is important to him. An easy read with a powerful message, One Word for Kids appeals to readers of all ages and is an ideal entry point into discussing a valuable lesson in a fun and engaging way.

Author : Eleanor Cook
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781400859665

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Poetry, Word-Play, and Word-War in Wallace Stevens by Eleanor Cook Pdf

In the first full-length study of Wallace Stevens's word-play, Eleanor Cook focuses on Stevens's skillful play with grammar, etymology, allusion, and other elements of poetry, and suggests ways in which this play offers a method of approaching his work. At the same time, this book is a general study of Stevens's poetry, moving from his earliest to his latest work, and includes close readings of three of his remarkable long poems--Esthetique du Mal, Notes toward a Supreme Fiction, and An Ordinary Evening in New Haven. The chronological arrangement enables readers to follow Stevens's increasing skill and changing thought in three areas of his "poetry of the earth": the poetry of place, the poetry of eros, and the poetry of belief. Poetry, Word-Play, and Word-War in Wallace Stevens shows how, in setting words at play and in conflict, Stevens could upset the usual relations of rhetoric, grammar, and dialectic, and thus the book contributes to the current debate about logical and a-logical uses of language. Cook also places Stevens within the larger context of Western literature, hearing how he speaks to Milton, Keats, and Wordsworth; to such American forebears as Whitman, Emerson, and Dickinson; and to T. S. Eliot, his contemporary. Originally published in 1988. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Shelley Davidow,Paul Williams
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137532541

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Playing With Words by Shelley Davidow,Paul Williams Pdf

Drawing on years of experience of writing, teaching and publishing, this book offers essential tools for writers interested in honing their craft. Whether you're a poet, non-fiction writer, novelist, journalist, student or simply a lover of words, it will take you on an exciting and challenging journey to becoming a sophisticated writer. As in the learning of any true craft or art, first the focus is on specific skills, then on consolidating those skills, which by the end will be innate. Through a variety of exercises and freewriting prompts, Playing with Words will help you develop your writing, trying out new styles and approaches along the way. Use this book in a class, in a group, or alone in a writer's attic.

Author : David Osmond-Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351553926

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Playing on Words by David Osmond-Smith Pdf

Luciano Berio's Sinfonia (1968) marked a return by the composer to orchestral writing after a gap of six years. This in-depth study demonstrates the central position the work occupies in Berio's output. David Osmond-Smith discusses the way in which Berio used the Bororo myth described in Levi-Strauss's Le cru et le cuit as a framework for Sinfonia. This is one of many influences in the work, which also include Joyce's 'Sirens' chapter from Ulysses, Beckett's The Unnameable and the scherzo from Mahler's 2nd Symphony. The listener who takes refuge in the score of Sinfonia, argues Osmond-Smith, finds there a maze of allusions to things beyond the score. It is some of those allusions that this book seeks to illuminate.

Author : Richard Lederer
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1996-06-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781613746288

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Pun and Games by Richard Lederer Pdf

Introduces the wacky world of wordplay with puns, spoonerisms, games of word substitution, and more.

Author : Margie Golick
Publisher : Pembroke Publishers Limited
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Education
ISBN : 0921217137

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Playing with Words by Margie Golick Pdf

This superb collection of more than 50 word games and activities is designed to help children develop language, reading, spelling, thinking skills, and more. It includes rhyming, alphabet, and grammar games; secret languages; mnemonics; and games to help children discover their own strengths.

Author : Vivian Lee Snodgrass
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781481717472

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Word Play by Vivian Lee Snodgrass Pdf

Word Play is a riveting book regarding an interactive game played with words and God. Inside its pages are the clues to understanding the game. The desired result from playing is to know God better. This book addresses confusion generated by the daily use of words without concern for their actual meanings, more specifically, the words used by Christians. It is a book about God and not religion. Some may discover the contents of Word Play strenuous. Word Play is designed to make readers think. There is a good chance your brain will hurt while reading Word Play. If so then I fulfilled my mission. Enlightenment from critical thinking opens the gateway to the heart. When there is clarity there is understanding and where there is understanding there is power. Word Play was written as a tool to access God's power through words. It is not a book to be taken lightly. Word Play has a new and different approach for understanding more regarding the power of words. Anyone who desires to know more about this power from God should read Word Play. The lessons learned took over two decades to receive. It took almost two years to write about them. Warning: The awareness resulting from reading Word Play may be overwhelming to some. This is not a book for children.

Author : Rosemary Portmann,Elisabeth Schneider
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781351702249

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Playing with Words by Rosemary Portmann,Elisabeth Schneider Pdf

With an emphasis on learning through play, this book provides a comprehensive collection of word games for vocabulary development or to constructively fill leisure time. The activities are suitable for children and adults and can be adapted for different client groups. They are ideal for teachers, therapists, youth club leaders or activity providers. The only principle for including a game in this collection is that it had to be fun to play! This title includes: A-E-I-O-U; Letter patience; 'M' in the middle; double meanings; Pro-nouns; Haiku; Guessing rhyming words; Forbidden letters; Who has the word?; and Word snakes. The only principle for including a game in this collection is that it had to be fun to play!