Homophonic Pun in “Alice in Wonderland” in English and Armenian

Authors

  • Armine Matevosyan English Philology Department, Yerevan State University
  • Marine Alimyan Chair of English, Yerevan State University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46991/AFA/2014.10.1-2.070

Keywords:

pun (paronomasia), word play, humor, homophonic pun

Abstract

The article focuses on the theoretical and practical issues of the homophonic pun in “Alice in Wonderland” and its Armenian translation. A pun is a rhetorical device in which people use the polysemous or homonymous relation of a language to cause a word, a sentence of a discourse to involve two meanings. The research reveals that L. Carroll uses a great array of homophonic pun which reveals the quintessential feature of the work, i.e. humor.

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Published

2014-10-15

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1-2 (12) (2014)

Section

Linguistics

License

Copyright (c) 2014 Armenian Folia Anglistika

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How to Cite

Matevosyan, A., & Alimyan, M. (2014). Homophonic Pun in “Alice in Wonderland” in English and Armenian. Armenian Folia Anglistika, 10(1-2 (12), 70-75. https://doi.org/10.46991/AFA/2014.10.1-2.070

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