Exploring Linguistic Science: Language Use, Complexity, and Interaction

Burkette, Allison

ISBN 10: 1108440959 / ISBN 13: 9781108440950

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2018

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Exploring Linguistic Science: Language Use, Complexity, and Interaction
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108440959
• ISBN 13: 9781108440950
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New
• Weight: 16 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language & Linguistics

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Synopsis

Exploring Linguistic Science introduces students to the basic principles of complexity theory and then applies these principles to the scientific study of language. It demonstrates how, at every level of linguistic study, we find evidence of language as a complex system. Designed for undergraduate courses in language and linguistics, this essential textbook brings cutting-edge concepts to bear on the traditional components of general introductions to the study of language, such as phonetics, morphology and grammar. The authors maintain a narrative thread throughout the book of 'interaction and emergence', both of which are key terms from the study of complex systems, a new science currently useful in physics, genetics, evolutionary biology, and economics, but also a perfect fit for the humanities. The application of complexity to language highlights the fact that language is an ever-changing, ever-varied product of human behavior.

About the Authors

Allison Burkette is Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Mississippi. Her publications include a number of case studies that employ Linguistic Atlas Project data, including 'The Story of Chester Drawers' (2001), 'Stamped Indian: Localism and Lexical Variation in Terms for American 'Cornbread'' (2011), and 'Parlor Talk: Complexity from a Historical Perspective' (2013). She is author of Language and Material Culture (2015).

Bill Kretzschmar is the Harry and Jane Willson Professor in Humanities at the University of Georgia. He is Editor of the American Linguistic Atlas Project, the oldest and largest national research project to survey how people speak differently across the Americas. His The Linguistics of Speech (2009) and Language and Complex Systems (2015) have pioneered the study of complex systems in language.