Complexity in Language

Developmental and Evolutionary Perspectives

Dados Bibliográficos

ID19940949
EditoresSalikoko S Mufwene (0000-0002-8942-2626), Christophe Coupé (0000-0002-3323-9742), François Pellegrino (0000-0002-6456-1953)
Ano2017
Data de publicação2017-03-30
Open AccessSim
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoComplexity in Language (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/9781107294264
OpenAlexW2735991821
Open LibraryOL34722695M
ISBN9781107294264
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11

The question of complexity, as in what makes one language more 'complex' than another, is a long-established topic of debate amongst linguists. Recently, this issue has been complemented with the view that languages are complex adaptive systems, in which emergence and self-organization play major roles. However, few students of the phenomenon have gone beyond the basic assessment of the number of units and rules in a language (what has been characterized as 'bit complexity') or shown some familiarity with the science of complexity. This book reveals how much can be learned by overcoming these limitations, especially by adopting developmental and evolutionary perspectives. The contributors include specialists of language acquisition, evolution and ecology, grammaticization, phonology, and modeling, all of whom approach languages as dynamical, emergent, and adaptive complex systems

Cognitive science · Complex adaptive system · Complex system · Epistemology · Language evolution · Linguistics · Phenomenon · Phonology · Computer Science · Language and cultural evolution · Philosophy · Psychology · Discourse analysis · Linguistic analysis (linguistics) · Artificial Intelligence