Language play, language learning / by Guy Cook
Material type: TextOriginal language: English Publication details: New York : Oxford, 2000Description: 235 p. : 23 cmISBN:- 194421538
- 417.2 GOL 2000.
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Books | Library Section SB- R304 | 417.2 GOL 2000. (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P_26053 |
Includes index AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 207-232 P. :
Summary: "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, Read more...
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