Complexity in language developmental and evolutionary perspectives

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 pla...

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Other Authors: Mufwene, Salikoko S, (Editor), Pellegrino, François (Editor), Coupé, Christophe (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2017
Series:Cambridge approaches to language contact
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Complexity in language: a multifaceted phenomenon / Salikoko S. Mufwene, François Pellegrino, & Christophe Coupé
  • How to Explain the Origins of Complexity in Language: A Case Study for Agreement Systems / Luc Steels & Katrien Beuls
  • Complexity in Speech: Teasing Apart Culture and Cognition
  • / Bart de Boer
  • a complex-adaptive-systems approach to the evolution of language and the brain / Tom schoenemann
  • Evolutionary complexity of social cognition, semasiographic systems, and language / William Croft / To What Extent are Phonological Inventories Complex Systems? / Christophe Coupé, Egidio Marsico, & François Pellegrino
  • A Complexity View of Ontogeny as a Window on Phylogeny / Barbara Davis
  • Language choice in a multilingual society: a view from complexity science / Lucía Loureiro-Porto & Maxi San Miguel
  • Complexity and language contact: a socio-cognitive framework / Albert Bastardas-Boada