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Creativity in Word Formation and Word Interpretation - Softcover

Kortvelyessy, Livia

 
9781009054423: Creativity in Word Formation and Word Interpretation
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1009054422 ISBN 13: 9781009054423
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2024

Synopsis

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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About the Authors

Lívia Körtvélyessy is Professor in the Department of British and American Studies, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia. Her research has focused on typology of word-formation and evaluative morphology. Recent publications include Derivational Networks across Languages (co-authored with Štekauer and Bagasheva).

Pavol Štekauer is Professor in the Department of British and American Studies, P.J. Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia. Recent publications include Derivational Networks across Languages (co-authored with Körtvélyessy and Bagasheva).

Pavol Kačmár is Research Assistant in the Department of Psychology, P.J. Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia. His research interests include psychology of time, goal-directed behaviour, self-regulation, social priming, and meta-research. Recent publications include To which World Regions does the Valence–dominance Model of Social Perception Apply? (2021).

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1009054422
ISBN 13 
9781009054423
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
334