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Schwartzman, Helen B. 1982. Play and metaphor. In Loy, John W., ed. The paradoxes of play: Proceedings of the 6th annual meeting of the Association for the Antropological Study of Play. Leisure Press. pp. 25–32.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

children's play | interlocutor identity | metaphor, L1-acquisition of

Language as a subject

English, American | Tzeltal

Annotation

With reference to Tzeltal children's use of metaphor in imaginative play and Chicago children's play metaphors, S. argues that play itself can best be viewed as a process of creative and spontaneous metaphor construction and identity communication.