Creativity in Word Formation and Word Interpretation
Creative Potential and Creative Performance
Published on 19. January 2022
336 pages
978-1-009-06262-6 (ISBN)
Description
There are many ways in which we, as speakers, are creative in how we form and interpret new words. Working across the interfaces of psychology, linguistics, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics, this book presents cutting-edge interdisciplinary research, showing how we manipulate the range of linguistic tools at our disposal to create an infinite range of words and meanings. It provides both a theoretical account of creativity in word-formation and word-interpretation, and an experimental framework with the corresponding results obtained from more than seven hundred participants. Data drawn from this vast range of speakers shows how creativity varies across gender and age, and demonstrates the complexity of relationships between the examined variables. Pioneering in its scope, this volume will pave the way for a brand new area of research in the formation and interpretation of complex words.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
File size
9,55 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-009-06262-6 (9781009062626)
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Additional editions
Livia Koertvelyessy | Pavol Stekauer | Pavol Kacmar
Creativity in Word Formation and Word Interpretation
Creative Potential and Creative Performance
Book
08/2024
Cambridge University Press
€31.00
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Livia Koertvelyessy | Pavol Stekauer | Pavol Kacmar
Creativity in Word Formation and Word Interpretation
Creative Potential and Creative Performance
Book
02/2022
Cambridge University Press
€133.50
Shipment within 15-20 days
Content
1. Introduction; 2. On the notion of creativity; 3. Theoretical foundations of our research; 4. Methodological principles; 5. Research; 6. Conclusions: creativity, word formation and word interpretation.
