A note on Navajo interlingual puns

International Journal of American Linguistics

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 289-298

  Webster, Anthony K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Homonyms; Interlingual puns; Navajo; Social critique; Speech play

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953838934     PISSN: 00207071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/652268     Document Type: Review

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