04102cam a2200709 4500 526749594 TxAuBib 20211106120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781101513866 1101513861 B004IYISWQ Amazon a90dd753-e8da-49e2-9cf5-504737ebc67f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 522639 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Pollack, John. The Pun Also Rises [OverDrive] : How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay M ore Than Some Antics. Penguin Publishing Group, 2011. puns. pun. linguistics. white elephant gift. white elephant. Literary gifts. funny book. fathers day gifts. father's day gifts. stocking stuffers. gag gifts. nerd gifts. dad joke book. white elephant gifts. joke books. stocking stuffers for adults. weird gifts. book lovers gifts. gag gifts for men. adult stocking stuffers. funny office gifts. white elephant gifts funny. dad jokes book. book gifts. stocking stuffers for men. white elephant gifts funny adult. elephant gifts. joke books for adults clean. funny gifts for her. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 206kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Language Arts. Nonfiction. Humor (Nonfiction.) HTML:<b>A former word pun champion's funny, erudite, and provocative exploration of puns, the people who make them, and this derided wordplay's remarkable impact on history.</b> <p>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 <i>The Pun Also Rises</i>, 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, <i>The Pun Also Rises</i> is an authoritative yet playful exploration of a practice that is common, in one form or another, to virtually every language on earth.</p> <p>At once entertaining and educational, this engaging book answers fundamental questions: Just what is a pun, and why do people make them? How did punning impact the development of human language, and how did that drive creativity and progress? And why, after centuries of decline, does the pun still matter?</p> <p>Watch a Video</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/A90/DD7/53/PunAlsoRises9781101513866.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=A90DD753-E8DA-49E2-9CF5-504737EBC67F&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/A90/DD7/53/PunAlsoRises9781101513866.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=A90DD753-E8DA-49E2-9CF5-504737EBC67F&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/A90/DD7/53/PunAlsoRises9781101513866.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=A90DD753-E8DA-49E2-9CF5-504737EBC67F&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)