Language and creativity
Subtitle: the art of common talk
By: Ronald Carter.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
Subjects: Creativity (Linguistics); Sociolinguistics
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Section I: Backgrounds and theories ; 1. Approaches to creativity ; 2. Lines and clines: linguistic approaches; title: section II: Forms and functions ; 3. Creativity and patterns of talk ; 4. Figures of speech; title: section III: Contexts and variations ; 5. Creative language and social context ; 6. Creativity, discourse and social practice; title: Epilogue.