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- catalog abstract ""This book demonstrates the extent and importance of language play in human life, considering it at the formal level (as the patterning of sound and structure), at the semantic level (as the creation of fictions and fantasies), and at the pragmatic level (as humour, social display, and agonistic contest). Far from being seen as a trivial or peripheral activity, language play is depicted as central to human thought, underpinning our capacity to adapt as individuals, as societies, and as a species." "The book also considers the implications of language play for language teaching. Recent theory has been preoccupied with meaning, reality, and usefulness, both as the means and the end of language learning. An understanding of language play, however, points towards a greater role in language pedagogy for attention to form, artifice, and ritual."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12126477.
- catalog created "2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000.".
- catalog description ""This book demonstrates the extent and importance of language play in human life, considering it at the formal level (as the patterning of sound and structure), at the semantic level (as the creation of fictions and fantasies), and at the pragmatic level (as humour, social display, and agonistic contest). Far from being seen as a trivial or peripheral activity, language play is depicted as central to human thought, underpinning our capacity to adapt as individuals, as societies, and as a species." "The book also considers the implications of language play for language teaching. Recent theory has been preoccupied with meaning, reality, and usefulness, both as the means and the end of language learning. An understanding of language play, however, points towards a greater role in language pedagogy for attention to form, artifice, and ritual."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Not only for children -- PART ONE: THE INTERLOCKING LEVELS -- 1. The forms of language play: rhythm and repetition in children's verse -- 2. The meanings of language play: imaginary worlds -- 3. The uses of language play: competition and collaboration -- PART TWO: THEORIES AND EXPLANATIONS -- 4. The nature of play: evolutionary and cultural perspectives -- 5. The play of nature: randomness and creativity -- PART THREE: LANGUAGE LEARNING -- 6. Current orthodoxies in language teaching -- 7. Future prospects for language teaching -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: mourning becomes telepathy -- Prologue -- Animadversiones/animadversions -- Fue la cendre / cinders.".
- catalog extent "235 p ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Language play, language learning.".
- catalog identifier "0194421538".
- catalog isFormatOf "Language play, language learning.".
- catalog isPartOf "Oxford applied linguistics".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog relation "Language play, language learning.".
- catalog subject "Children Language.".
- catalog subject "Language acquisition.".
- catalog subject "Language and languages.".
- catalog subject "Language arts.".
- catalog subject "P304 .C66 2000".
- catalog subject "Play.".
- catalog subject "Plays on words.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Not only for children -- PART ONE: THE INTERLOCKING LEVELS -- 1. The forms of language play: rhythm and repetition in children's verse -- 2. The meanings of language play: imaginary worlds -- 3. The uses of language play: competition and collaboration -- PART TWO: THEORIES AND EXPLANATIONS -- 4. The nature of play: evolutionary and cultural perspectives -- 5. The play of nature: randomness and creativity -- PART THREE: LANGUAGE LEARNING -- 6. Current orthodoxies in language teaching -- 7. Future prospects for language teaching -- Bibliography -- Index.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: mourning becomes telepathy -- Prologue -- Animadversiones/animadversions -- Fue la cendre / cinders.".
- catalog title "Language play, language learning / Guy Cook.".
- catalog type "text".