Language and creativity

This free course is an introduction to the relationship between language and creativity, to the roles that linguistic creativity plays in culture and society, and to the different approaches to its study.

• Introduction
• Learning outcomes
• 1 Defining creativity
• 1 Defining creativity
• 1.1 Questions to be addressed
• 2 What is linguistic creativity?
• 2 What is linguistic creativity?
• 2.1 Creativity as ‘novel, high quality and appropriate’
• 2.2 Creativity in everyday language
• 3 Three lenses with which to explore linguistic creativity
• 3 Three lenses with which to explore linguistic creativity
• 3.1 An animated look at creativity
• 4 Language and art
• 4 Language and art
• 4.1 The use of language in works of art
• 5 Jeremy Deller: Juxtaposing genres
• 5 Jeremy Deller: Juxtaposing genres
• 5.1 Juxtaposing genres: Example 1
• 5.2 Juxtaposing genres: Example 2
• 5.3 Juxtaposing genres: Example 3
• 5.4 Interview with Jeremy Deller
• Conclusion
• References
• Acknowledgements