Plays on words

Here are entered works on the act or instance of playing upon words or speech sounds, especially to achieve a humorous or rhetorical effect. Works on games in which players compete in forming, thinking of, or guessing words according to a set of rules are entered under [Word games.]
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85103372
- info:lc/authorities/sh85103372
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85103372#concept
Instance Of
Scheme Membership(s)
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
Collection Membership(s)
Variants
- Play of words
- Play on words
- Word play
- Wordplay
Use For
- Word plays
Broader Terms
- Semantics
- Wit and humor
Narrower Terms
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
- http://d-nb.info/gnd/4529633-9
Earlier Established Forms
- Play on words
Sources
- found: Cassell dict. of literary and language terms, 1992 (wordplay: a witty exchange using ambiguous meanings of particular words)
- found: Encarta world Eng. dict. (play on words: a pun)
LC Classification
- P304
General Notes
- Here are entered works on the act or instance of playing upon words or speech sounds, especially to achieve a humorous or rhetorical effect. Works on games in which players compete in forming, thinking of, or guessing words according to a set of rules are entered under [Word games.]
Example Notes
- Note under [Word games]
Change Notes
- 1986-02-11: new
- 2007-06-15: revised

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