Uncertain terms : creating, mediating and activating the portmanteau from Carroll to Vladislavić

This thesis explores the semantic and conceptual potential of the literary portmanteau word, with a view, more specifically, to examining the ways in which the term works to highlight questions of critical, ethical and disruptive activity. Formed from the combination of morphemes from two or more ex...

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Main Author: Webber, Nicholas Peter
Language:English
Published: The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10722/209495