Creativity and discourse

Rodney H. Jones

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Abstract

This paper will consider the relationship between discourse analysis and creativity and elucidate the ways in which a discourse analytical approach to creativity might be distinguished from the 'language and creativity' approaches which currently dominate applied linguistics and sociolinguistics. In the 'discourse and creativity' approach I will be describing, creativity is located not in language per se, but in the strategic ways people use language in concrete situations in order to stimulate social change. I will explore how aspects of this approach are reflected in work carried out within the paradigm of world Englishes. © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)467-480
JournalWorld Englishes
Volume29
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2010

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