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Linguistic creativity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the everyday marvel of making and grasping endless new sentences, fitted to the situation but never caused by it.

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Linguistic creativity (n.) shows ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠habit and generalisation to be hopeless as accounts of what we say — yet it remains as much a mystery as it ever was.