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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?


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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
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
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. -- STG

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
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
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