Talk:Language game
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Erm, why is there a "Part of a series on Philosophy of religion" sidebar here? -- Transitive Sam
I'm not convinced that fanqie, the language game listed for Mandarin, counts as a game. Looking at the Wikipedia entry for it, it's more of a method of spelling things out phonetically than obscuring speech. I don't know too much about Fanqie, so if someone qualified on it can take a look, it'd help.
What about theme based games? For example, discussing any single given topic (e.g., sunflowers) using automotive terminology in each sentence. How about the bad prose competition?
Is useless language the proper term? It seems that there is a use for such "languages": to conceal conversation. -- Stephen Gilbert
I agree, if pig latin was used by the African American slaves, then it should not be called useless!
swiped this from wikipedia "Useless language" which is now redirected to this plural-named (sorry) page(s)
I don't think "language game" is the right place for this article, either--it is a technical term in philosophy, due to Wittgenstein. --LMS
- I agree. When I came to this article I was seeking what communication theorists and philosopher's mean by it, not funny things one can do to speech. The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy has a nice little [definition]. Reagle 21:49, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
Again, I'm thinking that "language game" isn't the right name for this concept--can someone research this? The term is has a well-established meaning in philosophy, due to Wittgenstein, and I think in critical theory too. --LMS
Hi, I removed "as a weak form of cryptography" because a) it didn't make the text easier to read and b) I mostly think of cryptography as written (digital or analog, words, letters or bits), not spoken (that's just the connotation "-graphy" has in my brain). Please don't think of this as vandalism. I added some swedish language games as well. -- Anon. newbie (I'll get a real name someday...)
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