Which is how "Play it again, Sam" entered the language instead of: "Play it, Sam, play 'As Time Goes By'".
We are meant to think about the language of plays.
No one could speak English, so they picked it up, the language of play and stuff.
It's an interesting metaphor, first of all, from the point of view of the language of play.
Perhaps surprisingly, the theory and practice of peacemaking are dominated by the grammar and language of play.
She incorporates what she calls "the language of play" into her pieces: beads, rods and wheels in primary colors that evoke Tinker Toys or Legos.
Alongside 'serious' engineering, machine and design metaphors, synthetic biologists also use a language of play and fun.
It drew huge audiences, changed the fundamental economics of games and introduced a whole new language of play.
A reasonable person would interpret the language of kids playing an online game differently from, say, the ranting of a disturbed person waving a gun outside an elementary school.
Babies learn language in the context of playing, reading and talking with real people in real time.
