Deviance in children’s literature as a form of creativity with a humorous effect
Idiosyncrasy in children’s books is nothing peculiar. Authors often bend linguistic norms to amuse the reader. This article reviews deviance as a form of creativity leading to humour. Various approaches exist to describe incongruous language, ranging from normal strangeness to nonsense. Humour is co...
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doaj-0c34ecf7146f443293af81127e8482ce2021-09-21T11:58:44ZengUniversité Jean Moulin - Lyon 3Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology1951-62152021-08-011710.4000/lexis.5253Deviance in children’s literature as a form of creativity with a humorous effectCécile PoixIdiosyncrasy in children’s books is nothing peculiar. Authors often bend linguistic norms to amuse the reader. This article reviews deviance as a form of creativity leading to humour. Various approaches exist to describe incongruous language, ranging from normal strangeness to nonsense. Humour is considered in incongruity-resolution and in nonsense. The article describes deviant playful utterances found in children’s books as rhetorical strategies for schemes and tropes. It also analyses the violation of collocations.http://journals.openedition.org/lexis/5253deviancelexical creativitywordplaysaliencehumourcollocation |
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Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 |
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Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology |
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Idiosyncrasy in children’s books is nothing peculiar. Authors often bend linguistic norms to amuse the reader. This article reviews deviance as a form of creativity leading to humour. Various approaches exist to describe incongruous language, ranging from normal strangeness to nonsense. Humour is considered in incongruity-resolution and in nonsense. The article describes deviant playful utterances found in children’s books as rhetorical strategies for schemes and tropes. It also analyses the violation of collocations. |
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