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Producing Verbal Play in English

A Contrastive Study of Advanced German Learners of English and English Native Speakers

PHILOLOGIA – Sprachwissenschaftliche Forschungsergebnisse

Verbal play production feeds on the ability to deliberately manipulate language. It is frequently employed by native speakers (of English) in human interaction to achieve a communicative goal „with a laugh?. Foreign language learners hardly employ such strategic moves. Research into foreign language play typically observes and categorizes spontaneous humorous…