A nice first edition/first printing in Near Fine condition, in alike lightly yellowed dust-jacket. From the collection of Betty Anderson, legendary art director of publisher Knopf in the late 20th century as evidenced by her (small and unobtrusive) inventory number and signature on front paste down; When people talk, they use words in all sorts of strange and unexpected ways. In Word Play, Farb shows us how to take advantage of this by playing with words ourselves. He starts by teaching us how to create new words out of familiar ones. Then he takes us on a journey through the history of language, showing us how words have evolved and how they can be used to create new meanings. Along the way, Farb teaches us how to use wordplay to get what we want, make people laugh, and even change the way we think.; 8vo; FSA.

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Title

Word Play: What Happens When People Talk - 1st Edition/1st Printing

Publisher

Alfred A. Knopf, New York

Publication Date

1974

Language

English

ISBN 10

0394486757

ISBN 13

9780394486758

Binding

Cloth

Edition

First Edition; First Printing.

Condition

Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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The author views language as complex systems of grammar and human behavior and demonstrates the ways in which they interact through extensive examples

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"A captivating, almost entirely unpedantic book . . . solidly founded in scholarship, love of language, and an unabashed worldliness about play itself." --Washington Post

"Absorbing . . . so curious, amusing, and enlightening . . . we almost inadvertently learn a great deal about linguistics. [But] it seems scarcely to matter what we've learned . . . we've simply had too much fun." --The New York Times

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