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speech play  

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  • Huizinga established the idea of speech as a form of contest in his book Homo Ludens. Since then, many scholars have developed this idea, as well as his idea that many people think that words can affect the world. [Source: Encyclopedia of Play in Today's Society; Speech Play]

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