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基本説明
Charades and hangman, crosswords and puns, riddles and tongue-twisters jostle for space in this new, updated edition of the lively guide to all kinds of word games and word play.
Full Description
If you stumble over your new mat in the passage, what science are you shown to have neglected? - Pneumatics. Charades, hangman, anagrams, tongue-twisters, and new for this edition, games based on text messaging: dozens of fun and fiendish word games jostle for space in this updated edition of Tony Augarde's classic guide. From the highbrow riddle to the lowly pun, "The Oxford Guide to Word Games" provides a comprehensive history of verbal wit and wordplay. Organized thematically, the book examines twenty-six forms of word game in absorbing detail, including their history, and provides entertaining examples throughout. From Scrabble and Spoonerisms, Crosswords and Chronograms to Playing with Poetry, neither the crossword addict nor the student of linguistics and lexicography will be able to resist!
Contents
INTRODUCTION; 1. Riddles; 2. Enigmas; 3. Charades; 4. Acrostics; 5. Word Squares; 6. Crosswords; 7. Scrabble; 8. Anagrams; 9. The Rebus; 10. Chronograms; 11. Palindromes; 12. Pangrams; 13. Lipograms and Univocalics; 14. Letter Games; 15. Alphabet Games; 16. Playing with Poetry; 17. Concrete Poetry; 18. Tongue-Twisters; 19. Spoonerisms; 20. Slips of the Tongue; 21. Lapsus Linguae; 22. The Games of Lewis Carroll; 23. Cumulative Games; 24. Twenty Questions and other Guessing Games; 25. Homonyms; 26. Puns; 27. Miscellany; The Longest Word; Oulipo; Pronunciation; Self-Referential Words and Sentences; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX