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A course in language teaching : Practice and theory / by Penny Ur

By:

Ur, Penny

Material type: Text

TextOriginal language: English Publication details: New York : Cambrige university press, 1999Description: xiii, 375 p. : 25 cmISBN:

521551277

Subject(s):

Language and languages

DDC classification:

418.007 URC 1999.

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Library Section SB- R304	418.007 URC 1999. (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P_23214

Includes index.

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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