Creativity in Word Formation and Word Interpretation
Creativity in Word Formation and Word Interpretation
Pavol Štekauer, PreŠov University, Slovakia
Pavol Kačmár, Jozef Šafárik University, Košice
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.
- Provides an integrated model of word-formation and word-interpretation
- Includes a comparison of gender-based groups, and age-based cohorts
- Highlights interdisciplinary research that lies at the crossroads of psychology, linguistics, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics
Product details
February 2022Hardback
9781316511695
250 pages
235 × 157 × 20 mm
0.6kg
Available
Table of Contents
- 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.
