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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Pollack, John D.     Subjects     Puns and punning.     English language -- Humor.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Pollack, John D.       by title:      The pun also rises :...         MARC Display

The pun also rises : how the humble pun revolutionized language, changed history, and made wordplay more than some antics / John Pollack. by Pollack, John D. New York : Gotham Books, c2011. Subjects Puns and punning.   English language -- Humor. ISBN:  1592406238 (hardcover) 9781592406234 (hardcover) : Description:  xxv, 212 p. ; 20 cm. Contents:  Cutting it up : the anatomy of a pun -- Labs and retrievers : how the brain fetches meaning from sound -- To pun or not to pun : the risible fall of puns through time -- Riddles of history : how puns conquered human imagination -- More than some antics : why puns matter. Requests:  0 Summary:  A funny, erudite, and provocative exploration of puns, the people who make them, and this derided wordplay's remarkable impact on history. The pun is commonly dismissed as the lowest form of wit, and punsters are often unpopular for their obsessive wordplay. But such attitudes are relatively recent developments. In The Pun Also Rises, John Pollack--a former World Pun Champion and presidential speechwriter for Bill Clinton--explains why such wordplay is significant: It both revolutionized language and played a pivotal role in making the modern world possible. Skillfully weaving together stories and evidence from history, brain science, pop culture, literature, anthropology, and humor, this is an authoritative yet playful exploration of a practice that is common, in one form or another, to virtually every language on earth.--From publisher description.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 808.7 Po Checked out 07/05/2024 Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 808.7 Pollack Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 808.7 Po Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Pahoa P/S Library Adult Nonfiction 808.7 Po Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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