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Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-11-11 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
From riddles to proverbs, from jingles to jokes, from mnemonics to pig Latin to dueling with words, speech play is central to social life in all of its forms. T
Language: en
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Pages: 302
Type: BOOK - Published: 1990 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press
This book represents the complete range of verbal performances in a single Native American society.
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Pages: 2198
Pages: 2198
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-05 - Publisher: Oxford University Press
The International Encyclopedia of Linguistics, 2nd Edition encompasses the full range of the contemporary field of linguistics, including historical, comparativ
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