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It is certainly fitting to have a chapter on language in a vocabulary book. The fact that how we talk (and write) about creativity relates closely to how we think about this phenomenon and act in relation to it is obvious (for more reflections on this issue, see Chapter 1). But there is something more we can learn from language if we look beyond the ‘language of creativity’ and into the phenomenon of language itself. Uncovering what this might be is the purpose of the present chapter. Interestingly, in doing so, we will be using language (again) to formulate and share our ideas. Language as a dynamic and dialogical process frames our approach and reveals the value of paying attention to language activities when it comes to creativity, and well beyond it.
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Demuth, C., Glăveanu, V.P. (2016). Language. In: Glăveanu, V.P., Tanggaard, L., Wegener, C. (eds) Creativity — A New Vocabulary. Palgrave Studies in Creativity and Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137511805_7
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