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Publication details [#25984]

Sherzer, Joel. 1993. On puns, comebacks, verbal dueling, and play languages: speech play in Balinese verbal life. Language in Society 22 (2) : 217–233.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
drama | ethnography of speaking | everyday conversation | pun | storytelling | verbal dueling
Language as a subject
Balinese
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
0047-4045
Journal WWW
journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This article examines the significance of various forms of speech play in Balinese culture and society, in the contexts of ordinary everyday conversation and artistic and ritual performances, taking into account the role of multilingualism.