Complexity in Language: Developmental and Evolutionary Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781107686625 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 263 str.

Salikoko S. Mufwene; Christophe Coupe; Francois Pellegrino

Opis

This book is about dynamical, social-interactional aspects of the emergence of complexity in language, explained by linguists, cognitivists, and modelers.

Spis treści

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.