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Norrick, Neal R. 1983. Traditional verbal tricks: Structure, pragmatics, humor. Grazer Linguistische Studien 20 : 119–133.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
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Four basic categories of verbal tricks are distinguished, a structural description of some examples from each category is given, and pragmatic and humorous aspects of the tricks are discussed.