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.
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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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PART ONE: THE INTERLOCKING LEVELS; PART TWO: THEORIES AND EXPLANATIONS; PART THREE: LANGUAGE LEARNING
'This far-ranging study demonstrates immense erudition in its sweep of scientific, cultural, and pedagogical theory, and points the way to linking opposing notions of language acquisition. Cook's work moves the profession away from a language learning centred on myopically practical, quotidian tasks and provides us with the much needed bridge between the disciplines of the traditional liberal arts and those of the behavioral sciences - a bridge that in turn facilitates a greater understanding of the second language acquisition process.' * Kenneth W Mildenberger Award Committee *
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Demonstrates the extent and importance of language play in human life and considers the implications for applied linguistics and language teaching. By Guy Cook. Part of the Oxford Applied Linguistics series.
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ISBN
9780194421539
Publisert
2000
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
378 gr
Høyde
236 mm
Bredde
157 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
07, L
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
242

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