This article reviews pretend play and its impact on and association with children’s language. Studies have shown the significant relationship between the two domains; however, more intervention research needs conducting to validate the causal impact of pretend play. Nevertheless, several studies exploring its effects on early language reported that pretend play is connected with children’s semantic diversity and semantic organization development; their level of using syntax and combining words in a creative way to fulfill the needs of fantasy as well. During pretend play, children practice and show advanced competence of using certain speech acts being appropriate with different contexts.

本文回顾了假装游戏及其对儿童语言的影响以及与儿童语言的关系。研究表明，这两个领域之间存在着显着的关系。然而，需要进行更多的干预研究以验证假装游戏的因果影响。尽管如此，一些探索其对早期语言影响的研究报告说，假装游戏与儿童的语义多样性和语义组织发展有关。他们使用语法和以创新的方式组合单词以满足幻想的需求的水平。在假装游戏中，孩子们会练习并表现出使用适合不同情况的某些言语行为的高级能力。