Two Levels of Blending with Homophonic Compounds in Japanese

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Reijirou Shibasaki

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This study states that discourse serves as a crucial factor for a precise understanding of Japanese puns i.e. a word play with homophones, and argues that the double meanings of a pun can be processed at the lexical/phonological level and the discourse level in this order. Homophonic compounds provide speakers of Japanese with a chance to create newly derived meanings from an unexpected use of a given homophonic compound; however, such derived meanings blend right in with the immediate discourse. Such information processing in mind and discourse can be accounted for by Blending Theory (Fauconnier, 1997).

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Shibasaki, R. (2014). Two Levels of Blending with Homophonic Compounds in Japanese. Cultura, Lenguaje Y Representación, 5, 221–239. Recuperado a partir de https://www.e-revistes.uji.es/index.php/clr/article/view/1361
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