individuals, as societies, and as a species.
Paperback
Publication Date: 03/02/2000
This book has two related purposes. The first is to demonstrate the extent and importance of language play in human life; the second is to draw out the implications for applied linguistics and language teaching. Language play should not be thought of as a trivial or peripheral activity, but as central to human thought and culture, to learning, creativity, and intellectual enquiry. It fulfils a major function of language, underpinning the human capacity to adapt: as
individuals, as societies, and as a species.
individuals, as societies, and as a species.
- ISBN:
- 9780194421539
- 9780194421539
- Category:
- ELT background & reference material
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 03-02-2000
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 242
- Dimensions (mm):
- 236x157x14mm
- Weight:
- 0.38kg
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