Language Play, Language Learning

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ISBN: 9780194421539

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Attribute name	Attribute value
Author	COOK,G.
Pub Date	03/02/2000
Binding	Paperback
Pages	242

Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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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. This book aims to demonstrate the extent and importance of language play in human life, and draw out the implications for applied linguistics and language teaching.

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This book represents a major statement of the current research being conducted on the learning of second languages from a sociocultural perspective. The book is divided into a theoretical and an empirical part.