Language Creativity - A Semiotic Perspective

This bookconsiders the concept of linguistic creativity in relation to contact languages and language educational. The perspective proposed places semiotic creativity to the rank of first principle, by which languages are defined, function, and interact.

List of contents

Contents
A Note on the Cover
Foreword by Marcel Danesi
Introduction
1A Creative System? Of Signs Named Language
2Language and Game are Typical Creative Activities
3The Language Between Rule Governed and Rule Changing Creativity
4Educational Linguistics: From Education to Language Creativity
5Open Questions for Semiotic Creativity
Conclusion
Afterword by Frank Nuessel
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

Simone Casini is assistant professor of Italian Linguistics at the University of Toronto Mississauga.Marcel Danesi is professor emeritus of linguistic anthropology at the University of Toronto.

Product details

• Authors: Simone Casini
• Assisted by: Marcel Danesi (Foreword), Frank Nuessel (Afterword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781793634269
• ISBN: 978-1-79363-426-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Italian, Sociolinguistics, Italian, Teaching of a specific subject, Language teaching & learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Educational: Languages other than English, Educational: Language, literature & literacy, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts