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Language Play (Paperback)

by David Crystal (Author), Edward McLachlan (Illustrator)
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  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (27 Aug 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140273859
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140273854
  • Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 13.3 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 346,815 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This text approaches the subject of how everyone plays with language in an informed but light-hearted way. Beginning by showing how we all use the "hidic" (playful) function of language, the author then investigates why we do and where the impulse to break the rules of language comes from.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Seriously amusing..., 21 Dec 2002
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Crystal's work on language is always good to read - accessible, erudite and usually entertaining. 'Language Play' is no exception. A fascinating study of many aspects of the playful use of language, it is ideal for anyone studying children's language, humour, or language in general, but it's also a good read in its own right. It's well set out and very, very readable, and anyone who's ever told a joke or made a pun will recognise their own language use somewhere in the study.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Light-hearted but well thought out., 5 Sep 2004
Language Play is quite simply an immensely readable exploration of how English-speakers use language for humour, ambiguity, &c. by perhaps the best writer on the English language today. It looks at serious topics on how we view and use language, while giving, every so often, a language game as an example of the point he is making. It is a book every teacher and parent should read (the section which asks why so little language play is evident in the dreary Readers children plough through when so much of their own humour is based on pun and nonsense makes for interesting debate); it is book for everyone who has an interest in how English works.
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