All Puns Intended: The Verbal Creation of Jean-Pierre BrissetLegenda, 2001 - 184 páginas The 19th century in France spawned numerous 'fous litteraires, one of them being Jean-Pierre Brisset (1837-1919). An individualist among individualists, he dismantled the existing French tongue, reshaping it to suit his own grandiose purposes, which were to explain afresh the development of human beings (from frogs) and of their language (from croaks). Continuous and ubiquitous punning was a unique feature of his writing. In this study, Redfern examines such themes as the nature of literary madness, the phenomenon of deadpan humour, the role of analogy, and the place of institutional religion in Brisset's creative rewriting of the creation. |
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... Origin of Language ( New York : Harper & Row , 1976 ) , 243 , 261 . 3. See the essay on etymology for some examples . 4. Jean Aitchison , The Seeds of Speech : Language Origin and Evolution ( Cambridge : Cambridge University Press ...
... Origin of Language ( New York : Harper & Row , 1976 ) , 243 , 261 . 3. See the essay on etymology for some examples . 4. Jean Aitchison , The Seeds of Speech : Language Origin and Evolution ( Cambridge : Cambridge University Press ...
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... : ' Ce dicton populaire semble propre au français , on perdait son latin bien avant que l'homme fût créé ' ( OH 263 ) . In Lecercle's view : Brisset holds a Cratylic view of the origin of language THE PLAY OF LANGUAGE 131.
... : ' Ce dicton populaire semble propre au français , on perdait son latin bien avant que l'homme fût créé ' ( OH 263 ) . In Lecercle's view : Brisset holds a Cratylic view of the origin of language THE PLAY OF LANGUAGE 131.
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... origin of language : words do not receive their meaning by convention , but through imitation of natural sounds— language was founded on the process of onomatopoeia . The revelation is that the origin of language lies in the original ...
... origin of language : words do not receive their meaning by convention , but through imitation of natural sounds— language was founded on the process of onomatopoeia . The revelation is that the origin of language lies in the original ...
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Proem 7 | 7 |
Frogs on Frogs | 25 |
Creation Myths | 41 |
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