Javier Muñoz-Basols
List of John Benjamins publications for which Javier Muñoz-Basols plays a role.
Articles
2016 Cross-linguistic lexical influence between English and Spanish Spanish in Context 13:1, pp. 80–102 | Article
This article focuses on the cross-linguistic lexical influence between English and Spanish. We begin by redefining the concept of cross-linguistic lexical influence as the impact that two or more languages have on each other’s vocabulary. We then present a brief chronological survey of Hispanicisms… read more
2013 Phonological humor as perception and representation of foreignness Irony and Humor: From pragmatics to discourse, Ruiz-Gurillo, Leonor and M. Belén Alvarado Ortega (eds.), pp. 159–188 | Article
The repertoire of humor based on the phonological aspect of language is vast, and such humor can be found in different media and textual modes. This article focuses on verbal humor, specifically on ‘phonological jokes,’ in which words or phonemes of one’s own language are made to imitate or parody… read more