Language in Complexity
The Emerging Meaning
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Beschreibung
This contributed volume explores the achievements gained and the remaining puzzling questions by applying dynamical systems theory to the linguistic inquiry. In particular, the book is divided into three parts, each one addressing one of the following topics:
1) Facing complexity in the right way: mathematics and complexity
2) Complexity and theory of language
3) From empirical observation to formal models: investigation of specific linguistic phenomena, like enunciation, deixis, or the meaning of the metaphorical phrases
The application of complexity theory to describe cognitive phenomena is a recent and very promising trend in cognitive science. At the time when dynamical approaches triggered a paradigm shift in cognitive science some decade ago, the major topic of research were the challenges imposed by classical computational approaches dealing with the explanation of cognitive phenomena like consciousness, decision making and language. The target audience primarily comprises researchers and experts in the field but the book may also be beneficial for graduate and post-graduate students who want to enter the field.
This contributed volume explores the achievements gained and the remaining puzzling questions by applying dynamical systems theory to the linguistic inquiry. In particular, the book is divided into three parts, each one addressing one of the following topics:
1) Facing complexity in the right way: mathematics and complexity
2) Complexity and theory of language
3) From empirical observation to formal models: investigation of specific linguistic phenomena, like enunciation, deixis, or the meaning of the metaphorical phrases
Provides a useful and comprehensive didactic toolbox: conceptual maps, diagrams, synoptic tables, etc. Includes indexes and references for a safe and quick navigation through the text Attempts to bridge hard sciences and humanities by carefully introducing adequate vocabulary Written by experts in the field Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Francesco La Mantia
Themen in »Language in Complexity«
Cognitive Emergence Corpus Linguistics Grammaticalization of Discourse Markers Linguistic Complexity Morphodynamic Models Natural Language Processing Synoptic Tables Systematicity complexity