Topic > Is creativity in language innate or acquired? - 1320

Creativity is the ability to produce new and appropriate work. Ronald Carter defines creativity in language as “imaginative analogy”. Linguistic creativity is a key asset in our everyday spoken language. It is a distinctive character of all people and not of exceptional people. Language and creativity are about the speaker's manipulation of meaning in a variety of creative ways and in a wide range of social contexts. Children's creative play with language is a social practice and dress rehearsal of adult life. Folklorists became interested in children's traditions and associated nursery rhymes and playground games with childhood. Additionally, they celebrated children's artistic language play as a quintessential tradition. The early years of the child are more relevant and primary because they have the opportunity to save information and learn more than the adult in which they engage and learn from their social environment. The display of children's creativity takes different forms and is expressed in various ways. Linguists have reported that children's language play is about the creative nature of language acquisition in addition to the importance of the level of proficiency the child has acquired. Now, is creativity in language innate or acquired? Babies are born without the ability to speak in the first month. But they have the ability to learn language by listening to the speech of people around them. they can feel and listen even before they are born. Children are born with a genetic predisposition that gives them the ability to actively engage, retain information and words, communicate effectively and respond to others. For Trevarthen, children are innately gifted to communicate and this characteristic includes... middle of paper... Finally, we can say that all children are the most intelligent human beings in the world, they can learn in an active way and save many information and names. There is no such thing as a stupid human being, everyone has the ability to communicate, to respond to others. This advantage requires training and care from parents. Children prefer to learn by playing because it is fun for them. It gives them a chance to discover the environment, how they solve problems and how they interact with others. Vocal play is crucial for the acquisition of adult verbal art. Parents are also responsible for their children to choose the best game for them and communicate with them using the big word because every false word will be saved by the child. Vygotsky emphasized that play is the child's natural means of self-education, an exercise oriented towards the future..’