What kinds of games do we play with language? What do we use those games for? In this week's episode, we talk about wordplay: what parts of language we play with, how the languages we speak influence the fun we can have, and how, sometimes, wordplay can be used for serious goals.
This is Topic #36!
This week's tag language: Pig Latin!
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Sources:
Some extra information on sananmuunnos:
www.cse.tkk.fi/fi/opinnot/t1061210/projektit/Spoon…
www.students.tut.fi/~penttine/sanat.html
piisami.net/huumori/sananmuunnoksia.htm
Some other sources:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wortspiel
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeu_de_mots
www.tofugu.com/2013/07/31/playing-with-words-japan…
www.tofugu.com/2012/06/13/mixing-it-up-with-japane…
www.tofugu.com/2011/08/30/goroawase-japanese-numbe…
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