Creativity in Language
Special issue of International Journal of Language and Culture 6:1 (2019)
Editors
| James Cook University
| University of Cologne
| Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
| University of Cologne
[International Journal of Language and Culture, 6:1] 2019. vi, 223 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Creativity in language: Secret codes, special styles and linguistic tabooAlexandra Y. Aikhenvald and Anne Storch | pp. 1–9
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The idea of a yell: On metapragmatic discourseAnne Storch | pp. 10–28
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Chibende: Linguistic creativity and play in ZimbabweAndrea Hollington | pp. 29–44
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Manipulation in late life: Secret agency and the unintelligible in the speech of the elderly in Eastern CongoNico Nassenstein | pp. 45–62
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Secrecy, sacredness and unveiling of the Kalenjin cultural initiation ritesAngelika Mietzner | pp. 63–82
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Secret language and resistance to borrowing in ChiniJoseph Brooks | pp. 83–94
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Hidden from women’s ears: Gender-based taboos in the Vaupés areaAlexandra Y. Aikhenvald | pp. 95–118
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Gender-switching strategies in the activity of tsinampantsi ‘joking’ among Northern Kampa Arawaks of PeruElena Mihas | pp. 119–147
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Parrots, peccaries, and people: Imagery and metaphor in Aguaruna (Chicham) magic songsSimon E. Overall | pp. 148–174
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A culture of secrecy: The hidden narratives of the AyoreoLuca Ciucci | pp. 175–194
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Traversing language barriers: ‘Witoto’ signal drums from Northwest AmazoniaKatarzyna I. Wojtylak | pp. 195–216
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More thoughts on creative and secret language practicesAndrea Hollington and Nico Nassenstein | pp. 217–223
Introduction
Articles
Postscript
Subjects
Communication Studies
Psychology
BIC Subject: CF – Linguistics
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General