The Association for the Study of Play been held in North America and Europe, and draw a range of scholars from the fields of anthropology, biology, communication studies, cultural studies, dance, ecology, education, ethology, folklore, history, kinesiology, leisure studies, musicology, philosophy, psychology, recreation, sociology, and the arts. The Association for the Study of Play The Association for the Study of Play (TASP) is a multidisciplinary organization of scholars and practitioners in the field of play. The Association promotes the study of play, forges alliances with organizations advancing play, organizes yearly meetings to disseminate play research, and publishes a newsletter and monograph series. The Association for the Study
English words of Greek origin πρεσβύτερος ("presbýteros" 'elder'), and "church" < Old English "cirice", "circe" < probably κυριακή [οἰκία] ("kȳriakḗ [oikía]" 'lord's [house]'). In some cases, the orthography of these words was later changed to reflect the Greek – and Latin – spelling: "e.g.", "quire" was respelled as "choir" in the 17th century. Sometimes this was done incorrectly: "ache" is from a Germanic root; the spelling "ache" reflects Samuel Johnson's incorrect etymology from Greek ἄχος. Many more words were borrowed by scholars writing in Medieval and Renaissance Latin. Some words were borrowed in essentially their original meaning, often transmitted through classical Latin: "topic", "type", "physics",