by Sébastien Bailly · Fayard/Mille et une nuits · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782755507478
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«Les mots pour le rire» is Sébastien Bailly's essay on wordplay, published by Fayard/Mille et une nuits in paperback, in French.
The book surveys French wordplay, from the most spontaneous to the most sophisticated: puns, charades, riddles, acrostics and portmanteau words. Bailly dissects their mechanisms and reserves a final section, «À vous de jouer», with tips and recipes for readers to invent their own and refine their verbal humor.
It belongs to the «La Petite Collection» series, number 647. Sébastien Bailly was a journalist and contributed to Libération and Télérama.
For readers curious about the French language who enjoy verbal humor and want to learn to create their own wordplay.
