An exploration of how we know we’re playing and what happens when we don’t. Playframes builds on the work of Gregory Bateson and Erving Goffman to take a de

This book is a sociolinguistic study of children s talk and how they interact with one another and their teachers in multilingual, multicultural and multiethnic

Interest in language play and linguistic creativity has increased in recent years, and the topic has been taken up from a variety of perspectives. In this book,

This volume explores and compares linguistic practices among young people in linguistically and culturally diverse urban spaces.

Language and Muslim Immigrant Childhoods Documenting the everyday lives of Moroccan immigrant children in Spain, this in-depth study considers how its subjects