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Skalicky, Stephen; Crossley, Scott A.; McNamara, Danielle S.; Muldner, Kasia – Creativity Research Journal, 2017
Creativity is commonly assessed using divergent thinking tasks, which measure the fluency, flexibility, originality, and elaboration of participant output on a variety of different tasks. This study assesses the degree to which creativity can be identified based on linguistic features of participants' language while completing collaborative…
Descriptors: Creativity, Creative Thinking, Problem Solving, Linguistics
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Yangin Ersanli, Ceylan; Çakir, Abdulvahit – Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 2017
Humour is a universal phenomenon and has been studied in many fields of research such as literature, linguistics, psychology, sociology and philosophy. Humour is often expressed through language and it is little wonder that failure to understand humorous language causes breakdowns in communication. What is humorous might be culturally defined, and…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning