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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815408203321

Titolo

Creativity and the agile mind : a multi-disciplinary study of a multi-faceted phenomenon / / edited by Tony Veale, Kurt Feyaerts and Charles Forceville

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2013

ISBN

3-11-029529-6

3-11-029530-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 p.)

Collana

Applications of cognitive linguistics, , 1861-4078 ; ; v. 21

Altri autori (Persone)

VealeTony <1967->

FeyaertsKurt <1968->

ForcevilleCh (Charles)

Disciplina

153.3/5

153.35

Soggetti

Creativity (Linguistics)

Cognitive grammar

Grammar, Comparative and general - Coordinate constructions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. I. Introduction -- pt. II. Computers and creativity -- pt. III. Verbal communication -- pt. IV. Visual communication -- pt. V. Musical performance.

Sommario/riassunto

Creativity is a highly-prized quality in any modern endeavor, whether artistic, scientific or professional. Though a much-studied subject, and the topic of a great many case-studies, the field of creativity research is still very much an open one. Creativity remains a field where absolute definitions hold very little water, and where true insight can only emerge when we properly appreciate - from a nuanced, multi-disciplinary perspective - the crucial distinction between the producer's perspective and the consumer's perspective. Theories that afford us a critical appreciation of a creative work do not similarly afford a explanatory insight into the origins and development of the work. As researchers, we must approach creativity both as producers - to consider the vast search-spaces that a producer encounters, and to appreciate the need for heuristic strategies for negotiating this space -



and as consumers, to appreciate the levels of shared knowledge (foreground and background) that is exploited by the producer to achieve a knowingly creative effect in the mind of the consumer. This volume thus brings together both producers and consumers in a cross-disciplinary exploration of this complex, many-faceted phenomenon.