30.2866, Books: Complexity in Language: Mufwene, Coupé, Pellegrino (eds.)

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Subject: 30.2866, Books: Complexity in Language: Mufwene, Coupé, Pellegrino (eds.)

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Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 16:03:59
From: Louise Bowes [lbowes at cambridge.org]
Subject: Complexity in Language: Mufwene, Coupé, Pellegrino (eds.)

 


Title: Complexity in Language 
Subtitle: Developmental and Evolutionary Perspectives 
Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/evolution-language/complexity-language-developmental-and-evolutionary-perspectives?format=PB 


Editor: Salikoko S. Mufwene
Editor: Christophe Coupé
Editor: François Pellegrino

Paperback: ISBN:  9781107686625 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 32.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781107686625 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 24.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781107686625 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 29.17


Abstract:

Editor’s Note: This is a new version of a previously announced book.

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.
   
   
1. Complexity in language: a multifaceted phenomenon Salikoko S. Mufwene,
François Pellegrino and Christophe Coupé; 2. How robotic agents agree to
communicate Luc Steels and Katrien Beuls; 3. Self-organization in language
Bart de Boer; 4. A complex adaptive systems approach to language and brain Tom
Schoenemann; 5. Evolutionary complexity of social cognition, semasiographic
systems, and language William Croft; 6. Quantitative analyses of phonological
datasets Christophe Coupé, Egidio Marsico and François Pellegrino; 7.
Phonological acquisition as emergence Barbara Davis; 8. Language choice in a
multilingual society: a view from complexity science Lucía Loureiro-Porto and
Maxi San Miguel; 9. Complexity in/of language: bases for a dynamic
socio-cognitive view Albert Bastardas-Boada.
 



Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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