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010      2011004318 
020    9781592406234|qhardcover 
020    1592406238|qhardcover 
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050 00 PN6231.W64|bP65 2011 
082 00 808.7|222 
100 1  Pollack, John. 
245 14 The pun also rises :|bhow the humble pun revolutionized 
       language, changed history, and made wordplay more than 
       some antics /|cJohn Pollack. 
264  1 New York :|bGotham Books,|c[2011] 
264  4 |c©2011 
300    xxv, 212 pages ;|c20 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-203) and 
       index. 
520    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. 
650  0 Puns and punning. 
650  0 English language|vHumor. 
914    MID.b20429800 
994    92|bCKE