Research Catalog

Title

Language play, language learning / Guy Cook.

Author

Cook, Guy (Guy W. D.)

Publication

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2000.

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Description

235 p; 24 cm.

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, 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.

Series Statement

Oxford applied linguistics

Uniform Title

Oxford applied linguistics.

Subject

• Plays on words
• Language and languages
• Language acquisition
• Play
• Language arts
• Children > Language
• Children > Language
• Language
• Language Development
• Play and Playthings

Genre/Form

• Drama.
• Théâtre.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• 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.
• Introduction: mourning becomes telepathy -- Prologue -- Animadversiones/animadversions -- Fue la cendre / cinders.

ISBN

0194421538

OCLC

43528819

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library