WORDPLAY AS A TOOL CONVEYING HUMOUR

Authors

  • Saidova Iroda Anvar kizi Doctoral student, Tashkent state University of Uzbek Language and Literature named after Alisher Navoi, Uzbekistan

Keywords:

Wordplay, phonological structure, humour

Abstract

In this article we provide information about the phenomenon “wordplay”. Moreover, the phonological and graphological structure and analysis of it is presented. Wordplay can be employed among friends as well as in media. The aim of wordplay here is to capture the reader’s or viewer’s attention via the unusual formulations used in the titles of the newspaper articles or in the news on television.

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Published

2023-12-14

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 12 (2023): Volume 03 Issue 12

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