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On Cliché: Expression, Cognition And Understanding, Craig Jordan-Baker
On Cliché: Expression, Cognition And Understanding, Craig Jordan-Baker
Journal of Creative Writing Studies
Abstract: This paper argues that cliché is not simply a problem of language and expression, but rather a cognitive problem or one of understanding. It locates several distinctive features of cliché, namely their characteristic superficiality (low informational content) and the typically low cognitive effort they require to understand. It then argues for a distinction between ‘external’ and ‘internal’ clichés, where the former are the well-known phrases commonly recognised as clichés, but the latter are not recognised as clichés but nevertheless function as clichés within a specific literary work.
Word Ways To Go Entirely Online In 2018
Word Ways To Go Entirely Online In 2018
Word Ways
An announcement about future publication of the journal.
You Called Me What?, Jeff Grant
You Called Me What?, Jeff Grant
Word Ways
A discussion of unusual names and a listing of ones the author has collected from New Zealand newspapers.
Word Segments Reordered, Susan Thorpe
Word Segments Reordered, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
This is a different type of transposal. A word is cut through in one or more places to make 2 or more words. These words are then reordered to make a phrase of 2 (usually) or more words.
Duplex Name Palindromes, Jim Puder
Duplex Name Palindromes, Jim Puder
Word Ways
This article identifies a number of relatively reversal-tolerant familiar duplex names and incorporates them into palindromic passages.
Some Capital People, William Brandt
Some Capital People, William Brandt
Word Ways
A collection of limericks using capital cities.
A New Letter-Unit Retep Sonnet, Jim Puder
A New Letter-Unit Retep Sonnet, Jim Puder
Word Ways
An explanation of and example of a letter unit rhymed, end to end palidromic verse of four or more lines (RETEP).
Anagram Quiz 23, . Anil
Getting There Is Half The Pun: "Selected Shorts" From 17 Years Of Wordplay Articles, Don Hauptman
Getting There Is Half The Pun: "Selected Shorts" From 17 Years Of Wordplay Articles, Don Hauptman
Word Ways
A collection of the author's best contributions to Word Ways over the years.
Yet Another Three Doublets, Daniel W. Galef
Yet Another Three Doublets, Daniel W. Galef
Word Ways
The fourth in a series of word ladder puzzle poems coined "Doublets" by Lewis Carroll.
A Body In The Restaurant: Three Palindromic Puzzles, Lori Wike
A Body In The Restaurant: Three Palindromic Puzzles, Lori Wike
Word Ways
Three puzzles in the form of palindromes together solve the mystery.
One's Reverses, Reverse. No?, Jim Beloff
One's Reverses, Reverse. No?, Jim Beloff
Word Ways
Jim Beloff's new book on his original palindromes is available.
Preferred Gender Pronouns: A He/He/He Perspective, Steve Baggish
Preferred Gender Pronouns: A He/He/He Perspective, Steve Baggish
Word Ways
While this is a serious and important sociocultural issue that warrants further discussion, I will leave that task to the true scholars amongst us. As for me, a lifelong punster and logophile, I can not resist the temptation to play around with the way PGP's sound when read aloud. This experimentation led me to create a list of celebrities, character and miscellaneous classifications of people, paired wit the PGP's that would be "appropriate" for them.
Removing Like Letters To Leave A Word, Susan Thorpe
Removing Like Letters To Leave A Word, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
Like letters are removed from a 2-word phrase to leave another word.
Patchwork -1, Steve Kahan
Patchwork -1, Steve Kahan
Word Ways
If the terminal letter of one word is identical to the initial letter of another, a new specimen is sometimes formed when the two are "patched together" at their common joint.
Alphabetically-Adjacent Letter Replacement, Susan Thorpe
Alphabetically-Adjacent Letter Replacement, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
One letter of the first word is replaced by one of its 2 alphabetically-adjacent letters.
The Intricacies Of Homophones, Susan Thorpe
The Intricacies Of Homophones, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
Homophones are words which have the same pronunciation but different spellings and meanings.
Back Cover And Instructions To Authors
Back Cover And Instructions To Authors
Word Ways
The back cover of the issue including instructions for authors and a puzzle.
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 50, Issue 4
Front Cover And Publication Information, Volume 50, Issue 4
Word Ways
Front cover and publication information for this issue including the table of contents.
Definitive Anagrams: A-Sk, . Anil
Definitive Anagrams: A-Sk, . Anil
Word Ways
These are largely catch-ups of new anagrams and polyanagrams from earlier letters.
Alphametics, Steven Kahan
More Configuration Puzzle-Games, Jeremiah Farrell
Some More Possessions, Jim Puder
Some More Possessions, Jim Puder
Word Ways
A follow up to Susan Thorpe's article in the May 2017 issue concerning phrases which consist of the possessive of a personal name and some noun or noun phrase with which it is familiarly linked.
Two Word-Unit Retep Sonnets, Jim Puder
Two Word-Unit Retep Sonnets, Jim Puder
Word Ways
Two poems using a pattern of verse known as RETEP, or rhymed, end-to-end palindromic verse of four or more lines.
Palimerick Experiments, Lori Wike
Palimerick Experiments, Lori Wike
Word Ways
Writing palindrome limericks can be a fairly tricky feat.
Zipwords- Aka Alternades, Darryl Francis
Zipwords- Aka Alternades, Darryl Francis
Word Ways
Alternades are words in which their letters can be read in zigzag fashion, with alternate letters spelling out genuine words or names.
Extract And Reverse, Susan Thorpe
Extract And Reverse, Susan Thorpe
Word Ways
A letter is extracted from inside a single word. The remaining letters are then reversed to make a second word.
Who Did Steal The Tarts? (Courtroom Puzzle), Christian Hartselle
Who Did Steal The Tarts? (Courtroom Puzzle), Christian Hartselle
Word Ways
To figure out the thief, find the one major "logical" inconsistency between the testimonies and the facts!
A Palindromic Song, Callie Schmit
A Palindromic Song, Callie Schmit
Word Ways
For my project, I wrote a short song, titled "Tennis." It is a palindromic song, meaning it can be played backwards, from the end, and it will sound the exact same as if it was played from the beginning.