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Afterword published In: Creativity in Language
Edited by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald, Andrea Hollington, Nico Nassenstein and Anne Storch
[International Journal of Language and Culture 6:1] 2019
► pp. 217–223

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More thoughts on creative and secret language practices

 | University of Cologne
 | Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
Published online: 1 February 2019
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Article outline
  • 1.On the notion of creativity: Ubiquity and vagueness
  • 2.Immersion and the ‘unexpected’ in language
  • 3.Outlook
  • Note
  • References
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