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Meanings of language game in English
Making spoken words incomprehensible to the untrained ear, such as in Pig Latin.
Philosophical concept developed by Ludwig Wittgenstein, referring to simple examples of language use and the actions into which the language is woven.
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Examples for "argot"
Examples for "argot"
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Sadie had, in the argot of the day, a really good built.
2
The new argot is just a different way of masking old anxieties.
3
I forgot that you lived in a world unsullied by such argot.
4
He played, drank, talked argot, and cast off every shred of reserve.
5
Also now he employed some of the argot of the underworld:
1
It was like a secret language, used with a sense of fun.
2
It's kind of a little secret language between the judges, he added.
3
You two are like twins, with some secret language all your own.
4
Is this some secret language used between medics and pharmacists, you may ask?
5
These stories became a truth for survival, a secret language for runaway slaves.
Usage of language game in English
1
Once accreditation introduces the language game of politics, education distances itself even more from its fundamental mission.
2
One example was the body language game that Espar led on the evening of the main team-bonding get-together.
3
Clicking on its support page link takes you to an Arabic- language gaming site.
4
They play language games, including the use of private, personal languages and symbolic schemes and codes implicitly understood by the protagonists but obscure to us.
Translations for language game
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