A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Bilingual Puns in the Linguistic Landscapes of Guangzhou, China

• Main Authors: Peng, Junhua, Mansor, Nor Shahila, Kasim, Zalina Mohd, Ang, Lay Hoon
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2023
• Subjects: bilingual puns; linguistic landscapes; translanguaging; English; homophone
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/apssr/vol23/iss1/8; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/apssr/article/1488/viewcontent/RA_207.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

Punning, either monolingual or bilingual, is a significant action in creating literal humor and rhetorical jokes. Notwithstanding, there is a dearth of linguistic studies on punning, particularly bilingual punning. Therefore, this study aims to conduct a sociolinguistic appraisal of Chinese-English...