The Riddle in Indian Life, Lore, and Literature

The Riddle in Indian Life, Lore, and Literature
Author: Durgā Bhāgavata
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1965
Genre: Folklore
ISBN:

In the present work the author aims to review and to give concisely the exact picture of the essential forms, features, and trends of the riddle, both ritualistic and literary, with the relevant cultural background/

Folklore of Bengal

Folklore of Bengal
Author: Sankar Sen Gupta
Publisher: Calcutta : Indian Publications
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1976
Genre: Bangladesh
ISBN:

Indian Riddles

Indian Riddles
Author: Ludwik Sternbach
Publisher: Hoshiarpur : Vishveshvaranand Vedic Research Institute
Total Pages: 142
Release: 1975
Genre: Riddles, Indic
ISBN:

Speech Play

Speech Play
Author: Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2016-11-11
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1512803154

From riddles to proverbs, from jingles to jokes, from mnemonics to pig Latin to dueling with words, speech play is central to social life in all of its forms. These essays describe a variety of speech play genres, formulate the "rules" for play with language, and discuss the relevance of speech play to current issues in linguistic theory, cognitive development, and the ethnography of speaking.