Language as a Complex Adaptive SystemNick C. Ellis and Diane Larsen Freeman

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This volume presents a fresh approach to examining language as a complex adaptive system, demonstrating shared principles across multiple areas of linguistic research.

It brings together leading scholars from linguistics, psychology, and complex systems studies, each discussing the transformative impact of this perspective on their work. The book showcases how this approach can be applied to various subfields, including language use, language evolution, linguistic structure, and first and second language acquisition.

As Michael Tomasello of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology remarks, it is “a breath of fresh air” and one of the most compelling collections on the evolution, learning, and use of language from both cognitive and communicative perspectives.