"rôleplay" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1983, Gérard Deledalle, Semiotics and Pragmatics: Proceedings of the Perpignan Symposium, John Benjamin’s Publishing Company, page 124",
          "text": "On this basis it becomes clear why Bühler occasionally describes the symbols as rôle-indicating signs (cf. 1934: 381); though they are capable of undertaking a transference from the occurrence of the speech situation, they are unable to do without deictic pointers to produce the rôleplay in language.",
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          "ref": "1998 August 19, tim_walls, “Thicky Passengers!”, in uk.railway (Usenet)",
          "text": "Find a friend and attempt the following rôleplay in order to clarify the dialogue:\nFriend: “I think it is sunny in London.”\nYou: “I think it is sunny in Brighton.”\nFriend: “Well, yes, but not as sunny.”",
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          "text": "Looking at Traveller, I’d say offhand that the two most alien major races are the K’kree and the Hivers. But even they can be “explained” (well enough to rôleplay, anyway).",
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          "ref": "1999 January 2, Ouroboros, “Getting to know you more”, in uk.media.tv.friends (Usenet)",
          "text": "Talking of sex rôleplaying, I must phone Janice :)",
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