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Language Play Univ of Chicago Edition
Contributor(s): Crystal, David (Author)

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 ISBN: 0226122050     ISBN-13: 9780226122052
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
OUR PRICE: $31.50  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: June 2001
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Annotation: In this exhilarating and often hilarious book, David Crystal examines why we devote so much time and energy to language games, how professionals make a career of them, and how young children instinctively take to them. Crystal makes a simple argument-that since playing with language is so natural, a natural way to learn language is to play with it-while he discusses puns, crosswords, lipograms, comic alphabets, rhymes, funny voices taken from dialect and popular culture, limericks, anagrams, scat singing, and much more.
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BISAC Categories:
- Language Arts & Disciplines | Study & Teaching
Dewey: 793.734
LCCN: 00069095
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.3" W x 8" L (0.61 lbs) 274 pages
Features: Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
 
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Contributor Bio(s): Crystal, David: - David Crystal is a writer, lecturer, and broadcaster on language. His more than one hundred books include The Stories of English, Wordsmiths and Warriors, The Oxford Dictionary of Original Shakespearean Pronunciation, and The Story of Be.
 
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