Language and creativity

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Language and creativity provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 8 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • 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...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 Defining creativity
    • 1.1 Questions to be addressed
    • 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
    • 3.1 An animated look at creativity
    • 4 Language and art
    • 4.1 The use of language in works of art
    • 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