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Language play, language learning / by Guy Cook

By:

Cook, Guy

Material type: Text

TextOriginal language: English Publication details: New York : Oxford, 2000Description: 235 p. : 23 cmISBN:

194421538

Subject(s):

Language and languages. ; Plays on words

DDC classification:

417.2 GOL 2000.

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	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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