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Linguistic Play

Linguistic Play is a linguistic phenomenon characterized by the creative manipulation of language forms, sounds, and structures within verbal art traditions such as jump rope rhymes, serving to enhance rhythmic coordination, social interaction, and aesthetic enjoyment among participants.

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A normative study of representational play in the transition to language.

Lorraine McCune · Developmental Psychology · 1995 · 361 citations

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Language, Saussure and Wittgenstein: how to play games with words

Choice Reviews Online · 1989 · 232 citations

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<b>Portraits of ‘the Whiteman’:</b> Linguistic play and cultural symbols among the Western Apache. By Keith H. Basso Cambridge: University Press, 1979. Pp. xxi, 120. Cloth $14.95, paper $6.95.

Paul V. Kroskrity · Language · 1981 · 231 citations

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Is It Fun? Language Play in a Fifth‐Grade Spanish Immersion Classroom

Maggie A. Broner, Elaine Tarone · Modern Language Journal · 2001 · 208 citations

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Play, thought, and language

Jerome S. Bruner · Peabody Journal of Education · 1983 · 182 citations

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Authors

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  1. NB
    Nancy Bell

    Washington State University, United States

    2 publications · 247 citations

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  2. JS
    Jerome S. Bruner

    Harvard University Press, United States

    2 publications · 242 citations

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  3. MA
    Maggie A. Broner

    St. Olaf College, United States

    2 publications · 234 citations

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  4. EB
    Elizabeth Bates

    University of California San Diego, United States

    2 publications · 137 citations

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  5. CS
    Cecilia Shore

    Miami University, United States

    2 publications · 137 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    324 citations

  2. Google (United States)

    Mountain View, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    438 citations

  3. New School

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    242 citations

  4. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    134 citations

  5. University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    Honolulu, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    116 citations

  6. Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway

    Galway, Ireland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  7. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    47 citations

  8. Bar-Ilan University

    Ramat Gan, Israel

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    258 citations

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  1. Developmental Psychology

    4 publications · 533 citations

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  2. Language

    4 publications · 440 citations

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  3. Applied Linguistics

    3 publications · 368 citations

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  4. Modern Language Journal

    MLJ · 2 publications · 234 citations

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  5. Language in Society

    2 publications · 110 citations

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