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LANGUAGE PLAY: SELECTED REFERENCES

(last updated on 25 July 2012)

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

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

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 (Unpublished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.

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.

Cook, G. (1994). Language play in advertisements. In D. Graddol & J. Swann (Eds.), Evaluating
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Cook, G. (1996). Language play in English. In J. Maybin & N. Menet (Eds.), Using English: From
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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.

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
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Hall, J. K. (1995). (Re)creating our worlds with words: A sociohistorical perspective of face-to-face
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Haverkate, H. (1990). A speech act analysis of irony. Journal of Pragmatics, 14(1), 77-109.

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

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).
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Martin, W., & Dombey, H. (2002). Finding a voice: Language and play in the home corner. Language
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Myers, R. (1981). The function of irony in discourse. Text, 1(4), 407-423.

Nelms, J. (2002). The role of sarcasm in NS-NNS (mis)communication. Salt Lake City, UT: American
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Peck, S. (1978). Child-child discourse in second language acquisition. In E. Hatch (Ed.), Second
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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:
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Slobin, D. (1964). The fruits of the first season: A discussion of the role of play in childhood.
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Sutton-Smith, B. (1967). The role of play in cognitive development. Young Children, 22, 361-
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Tarone E. (2006). Fossilization, social context & language play. In Z. H. Han & T. Odlin (Eds.),
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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-
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Tarone, E. (2000). Getting serious about language play: Language play, interlanguage variation and
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(Eds.), Social and cognitive factors in SLA: Proceedings of the 1999 Second Language Research
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Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). The role of play in development. In M. Cole, V. John-Steiner, S. Scribner & E.
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Warner, C. (2004). It's just a game, right? Types of play in foreign language CMC. Language, Learning
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Weir, R. (1962). Language in the crib. The Hague: Mouton.

Yonge, C., & Stables, A. (1998). 'I am it the clown': Problematising the distinction between 'off task' and
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