Title Statements
- Full title :Language play / David Crystal.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:2006.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of Chicago Press
- Place of Publication:Chicago
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2006.
Notes
Originally published Penguin: 1998.
The Physical Object
- Description:ix, 248 pages : : illustrations ; : 20 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0226122050, 9780226122052
- oclc:on1114751122
- Dewey Decimal:420
Table of Contents
The Ludic View -- The Amateurs -- Introduction -- Enjoying the Joke -- Dialect Humour -- Funny Sounds and Voices -- Nonce Words and Meanings -- Sounds and Spellings -- Limerick Land -- Even Total Nonsense -- The Enthusiasts -- Introduction -- The Language Enthusiast -- Missions Impossible -- The Ludic Tower of Babel -- Building Higher Towers -- Gematria, and its Legacy -- Grid Games -- And Finally ... -- The Professionals -- Introduction -- The Advertisers -- The Headline Writers -- The Comedians -- The Collectors -- The Comic Writers -- The Authors -- The Artists -- The Theologians -- The Children -- Introduction -- The First Year -- Growing Up -- The Language of the Playground -- Towards Education -- The Logical Conclusion -- The Readers -- Introduction -- The Ludic Gap -- The Missing Play -- From Creativity to Intervention -- Other Domains? -- A New Climate? -- The Future -- Introduction -- Why Play? -- The Final Step.
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