1. Creativity: In any language, a glass full up 1 Watson, Coastline Distance Learning

2. Creativity…among us Convergenceof 3 human phenomena: --- Knowledge --- Original, transformative thinking --- Motivation/intrinsic passion 2 Watson, Coastline Distance Learning

3. The creative thinking process A four-step path: Dissatisfaction with status quo Mélange of disparate “knowledges” Perseverance through the difficult & dry Perspective attainment Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 3

4. Creativity: 8 traits Fluency Flexibility Originality Elaboration Visualization Transformation Intuition Synthesis Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 4

5. Language and creativity -- Written expression: re-wiring the brain -- Neurological change from reading & writing -- Neural flexibility yielding novelty -- Speaking sense and nonsense Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 5

6. Language and languages: quintessentially, “unobviously” creative -- Language -- Dialect -- Idiolect Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 6

7. Language, exemplary creativity Fluency: flow of sounds into patterns Flexibility: making utterances fit contexts Originality: the novelty of it all Elaboration: customization, explanation Visualization: picture-painting with words Transformation: synonymy Intuition: future and conditional expression Synthesis: summing-up, distillation Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 7

8. Creative language: the muse in use Poetry – mental intra-action, not random Song – words & music interacting Prose – fiction/non-fiction Creative language all the time: Linguistic “competence” Creative “performance” Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 8

9. Linguistic creativity socially shaped Learning Mimicry Call & response Vertical dialects Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 9

10. “Reductive” analysis? Not! Four-stage process can enlighten… Attention to detail Translation to metaphor Defamiliarization Alternative perception Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 10

11. (linguistic) creativity: Predictable? Environment Comfort Stimulation Openness Readiness for synthesis Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 11

12. Linguistic creativity…let’s do it! Onomatopoeia Sense and nonsense Possible and impossible Rhyme, meter, and phonology Calligrammes, structure, poetry Watson, Coastline Distance Learning 12