Riddle Semantics is the branch of Riddle Studies that investigates the meaning structures and interpretive mechanisms inherent in riddles, distinguished by its focus on how semantic ambiguity, metaphor, and lexical constraints generate riddling effect.
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Toward a Structural Definition of the Riddle
Robert A. Georges, Alan Dundes · Journal of American Folklore · 1963 · 61 citations
Ambiguity, Classification and Change: The Function of Riddles
Ian Hamnett · Man · 1967 · 57 citations
John M. Dienhart · Journal of Pragmatics · 1999 · 38 citations
Riddles: Expressive Models of Interrogation
John M. Roberts, Michael L. Forman · Ethnology · 1971 · 21 citations · Full text
Language Studies, Linguistics, Computational Linguistics +10
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- RARobert A. Georges
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- Journal of American Folklore
JAF · 1 publications · 61 citations
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- Journal of Pragmatics
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