Complexity in language : developmental and evolutionary perspectives / [edited by] Salikoko S. Mufwene, Christophe Coupé, Francois Pellegrino.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Mufwene, Salikoko S., editor.

Pellegrino, François, 1971- editor.

Coupé, Christophe, 1977- editor.

Series:

Cambridge approaches to language contact

Cambridge Approaches to Language Contact

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Complexity (Linguistics).

Discourse analysis.

Linguistic analysis (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

xii, 251 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781107054370

1107054370

OCLC:

954428677

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