Language and creativity : the art of common talk / Ronald Carter.
"Creativity in language has conventionally been regarded as the preserve of institutionalised discourses such as literature and advertising, and individual gifted minds. Language and Creativity explores the idea that creativity, far from being simply a property of exceptional people, is an exce...
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London ; New York :
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2004.
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Table of Contents:
- Pt. I. Backgrounds and theories
- 1. Approaches to creativity
- 2. Lines and clines : linguistic approaches
- Pt. II. Forms and functions
- 3. Creativity and patterns of talk
- 4. Figures of speech
- Pt. III. Contexts and variations
- 5. Creativity, language and social context
- 6. Creativity, discourse and social practice
- CANCODE publications 1994 - 2003.