Study notes on Functions and Characteristics of Puns with Examples
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Study notes on Functions and Characteristics of Puns with Examples
Introduction to puns Puns are part of the oral literature genre called short forms. Other items that are in this genre
alongside puns are: Jokes Proverbs Riddles Idioms Tongue twisters What are puns? By definition, a pun
is a form of wordplay whose wording contains more than one meaning. Puns
achieve this by: Puns make use of
words with more than one meaning Puns use words with more
than one meaning In a nutshell, puns
are statements that contain words with more than one meaning. The words may sound
alike (homophones) but they have different meanings. Characteristics of
puns Puns have the
following characteristics: Puns are short They are humorous Puns make use of homophones Functions of puns Puns may be used to
teach pronunciation since they contain words that sound alike. Puns also serve as a
form of entertainment. The different meanings of the puns bring out the humour
and thus provide entertainment by making people laugh. Puns are used to
enhance creativity in language use. To create a pun requires…
