El léxico del juego del envite (resultado de las encuestas realizadas en Gran Canaria y Tenerife)

  1. González Aguiar, María Isabel
  2. Ortega Ojeda, Gonzalo Damián
Journal:
Revista de Filología de la Universidad de La Laguna

ISSN: 0212-4130

Year of publication: 2002

Issue: 20

Pages: 245-262

Type: Article

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Abstract

«Envite» is the name of a popular card game widely played in the Canary Islands. The terminology used by the players of this game constitutes a so-called special language. This paper presents the results of a field research carried out in Gran Canaria and Tenerife regarding the vocabulary employed in this game