Language Play: Selected References

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LANGUAGE PLAY: SELECTED REFERENCES

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Attardo, S. (2000). Irony as relevant inappropriateness. Journal of Pragmatics, 32, 793-826.

Bakhtin, M. (1981). The dialogic imagination. Austin, TX: University of Texas.

Basso, K. H. (1979). Portraits of "The Whiteman": Linguistic play and cultural symbols among the Western Apache. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Bateson, G. (1955). A theory of play and fantasy: Approaches to the study of human personality. Psychiatric Research Reports, 2, 39-51. Used for humor.

Bell, N. D. (2002). Using and understanding humor in a second language: A case study. (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Bell, N. D. (2005). Exploring L2 language play as an aid to SLL: A case study of humour in NS-NNS interaction. Applied Linguistics, 26, 192-218.

Bell, N. (2012). Formulaic language, creativity, and language play in a second language. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics, 32, 189-205.

Bell, N., Skalicky, S., & Salsbury, T. (2014). Multicompetence in L2 language play: A longitudinal case study.Language Learning,64(1), 72-102.

Belz, J. (2002). Second language play as a representation of the multicompetent self in foreign language study. Language, Identity, and Education, 1(1), 13-39.

Belz, J., & Reinhardt, J. (2004). Aspects of advanced foreign language proficiency: Internet-mediated German language play. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 14(3), 324-362.

Broner, M., & Tarone, E. (2000). Language play in immersion classroom discourse: Some suggestions for language teaching. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 16, 121-133.

Broner, M., & Tarone, E. (2001). Is it fun? Language play in a fifth grade Spanish immersion classroom. Modern Language Journal, 85, 363-379.

Bushnell, C. (2008). 'Lego my keego!’ An analysis of language play in a beginning Japanese as a foreign language classroom. Applied Linguistics, 30(1), 49-69.

Cekaite, A., & Aronsson, K. (2004). Repetition and joking in children’s second language conversations: Playful recyclings in an immersion classroom. Discourse Studies, 6(3), 373-392.

Cekaite, A., & Aronsson, K. (2005). Language play, a collaborative resource in children’s L2 learning. Applied Linguistics, 26(2), 169-191.

Cekaite, A., & Aronsson, K. (2014). Language play, peer group improvisations, and L2 learning. In A. Cekaite, S. Blum-Kulka, V. Grøver & E. Teubal (Eds.), Children’s peer talk: Learning from each other (pp. 194-213). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Coates, J. (2007). Talk in a play frame: More on laughter and intimacy. Journal of Pragmatic, 39, 29-49.

Cook, G. (1994). Language play in advertisements. In D. Graddol & J. Swann (Eds.), Evaluating language: British studies in applied linguistics 8 (pp. 102-116). Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.

Cook, G. (1996). Language play in English. In J. Maybin & N. Menet (Eds.), Using English: From conversation to canon (pp. 198-227). London, UK: Routledge.

Cook, G. (1997). Language play, language learning. ELT Journal, 51(3), 224-231.

Cook, G. (2000). Language play, language learning. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Crystal, D. (1998). Language play. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

Davison, A. (1974). Linguistics play and language acquisition. In Papers and Reports on Child Language Development 8 (pp. 179-187). Committee on Linguistics, Stanford University.

Forman, R. (2011). Humorous language play in a Thai EFL classroom. Applied Linguistics, 32(5), 541-565.

Garvey, C. (1974). Some properties of social play. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 20(3), 163-180.

Garvey, C. (1978). Play with language and speech. In C. Mitchell-Kernan & S. Ervin-Tripp (Eds.), Child discourse (pp. 27-47). New York, NY: Academic Press.

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Hall, J. K. (1995). (Re)creating our worlds with words: A sociohistorical perspective of face-to-face interaction. Applied Linguistics, 16(2), 206-232.

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Jorgensen, J. (1996). The functions of sarcastic irony in speech. Journal of Pragmatics, 26(5), 613-634.

Kim, Y. H., & Kellogg, D. (2007). Rules out of roles: Some differences in play language and their developmental significance. Applied Linguistics, 28(1), 25-45.

Lantolf, J. (1997). The function of language play in the acquisition of L2 Spanish. In W. R. Glass & A. T. Perez-Leroux (Eds.), Contemporary Perspectives on the Acquisition of Spanish (pp. 3-24). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

Martin, W., & Dombey, H. (2002). Finding a voice: Language and play in the home corner. Language and Education, 16(1).

McDowell, J. H. (1981). Speech play. Children’s Literature Association Quarterly, 6, 26-28.

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Nelms, J. (2002). The role of sarcasm in NS-NNS (mis)communication. Salt Lake City, UT: American Association for Applied Linguistics annual conference.

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Peck, S. (1980). Language play in child second language acquisition. In D. Larsen-Freeman (Ed.), Discourse analysis in second language research (pp. 154-164). Rowley, MA: Newbury House.

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Slobin, D. (1964). The fruits of the first season: A discussion of the role of play in childhood. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 4(1), 59-79.

Snell, A. (2016). Play and bricolage in adult second language classrooms. Working Papers in Educational Linguistics, 31(2), 77-92.

Sullivan, P. (2000). Playfulness as mediation in communicative language teaching in a Vietnamese classroom. In J. P. Lantolf (Ed.), Sociocultural theory and second language learning (pp. 115-131). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. Used for play

Sutton-Smith, B. (1967). The role of play in cognitive development. Young Children, 22, 361-370.

Tarone, E. (2000). Getting serious about language play: Language play, interlanguage variation and second language acquisition. In B. Swierzbin, F. Morris, M. Anderson, C. Klee, & E. Tarone (Eds.), Social and cognitive factors in second language acquisition: Selected proceedings of the 1999 second language research forum (pp. 31-54). Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Press.

Tarone E. (2006). Fossilization, social context & language play. In Z. H. Han & T. Odlin (Eds.), Perspectives on fossilization (pp. 157-172). Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters.

Tarone, E., & Liu, G.-Q. (1995). Situational context, variation and second-language acquisition theory. In G. Cook & B. Seidlhofer (Eds.), Principles and practice in the study of language and learning: A Festschrift for H.G. Widdowson (pp. 107-124). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. http://www.carla.umn.edu/about/profiles/Tarone.html

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Yonge, C., & Stables, A. (1998). 'I am it the clown': Problematising the distinction between 'off task' and 'on task' classroom talk. Language and Education, 12(1), 55-70.

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