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​Verbal play is an integral characteristic of language use and an important component in the process of language acquisition. Word play is verbal wit: the manipulation of language (in particular, the sounds and meanings of words) with the intent to amuse.

VERBAL PLAY: The term verbal play refers to the playful and often humorous manipulation of the elements of language. Also known as:
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ANNOMINATION - pun; play on words

ANTANACLASIS - is a rhetorical term for a type of verbal play in which one word is used in two contrasting (and often comic) senses—a type of homonymic pun. This particular type of wordplay makes it a common choice for slogans and sayings. From the Greek "antanáklasis," meaning "reflection, bending, breaking against" (anti, "against,"; ana, "up"; klásis, "breaking") Also known as the rebound.

APOSIOPESIS - is a rhetorical term for an unfinished thought or broken sentence. Also known as interruptio and interpellatio.

EPIPHONEMA - exclamatory or general statement, especially one that briefly summarizes what has just been said. Epiphonemas can be used to add emphasis or drama to the end of a discussion or argument by restating what was said but in a shorter, more succinct way.

EQUIVOQUE - is the use of a single word or phrase which has two disparate meanings, in a context which makes both meanings equally relevant.

ISOGRAM - a word with no repeating letters (such as ambidextrously) or, more broadly, a word in which the letters occur an equal number of times. It is also known as a non-pattern word.

PARAGRAM - is a type of verbal play consisting of the alteration of a letter or a series of letters in a word. Adjective: paragrammatic. Also called a textonym.

PARONOMASIA (PARAGRAM) - specific kind of word play traditionally called paronomasia, or more currently called a paragram, changes one or more letters of a word or expression to create humor or irony to achieve dramatic, critical or bathetic effect within a common expression or literary allusion.

PUNDIGRION - play on words; pun

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