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The serious business of language play

Medium Periodical Article
Medium - part of - (Periodical Copy) (Date) Apr2011 (Volume) 52
Medium (Periodical) E Magazine: the A-level English magazine.
Classif 820 EMA
Subject Language
Page 24-27
Authors Hann, David
Contents

The author questions why we play with language and suggests the range of its uses and pleasures from childhood to adulthood and from social contexts to seemingly more serious ones.

Keywords
Communication     Language     Language acquisition     Language development     Words