In their book The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World , scientists and Nick Chater argue that language is essentially a "community-wide game of charades" .
: The authors suggest this constant improvisation is what gave humans larger brains and fundamentally changed our evolutionary path. Philosophical Origins The Language Game
: They challenge the idea of a "language instinct" or hardwired grammar. Instead, language is built through moment-to-moment collaboration. In their book The Language Game: How Improvisation
The name is also used for various interactive tools and media: The Language Game on Steam The Language Game