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Pun Work Helps English Learners Get the Joke
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Lems, Kristin – Reading Teacher, 2011
Native speakers of a language learn word play as part of the language acquisition process, but learners of a new language rarely get that opportunity. English has an unusually large number of opportunities for humorous puns, based on the complex system of spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of English words. There are three main categories of…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Language Proficiency