Complexity applications in language and communication sciences. ([2019])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Editors, Àngels Massip-Bonet, Gemma Bel-Enguix, Albert Bastardas-Boada.
• Editors: Massip i Bonet, Maria Angels, 1957-; Bel-Enguix, Gemma; Bastardas i Boada, Albert, 1951-
• Contents: Intro; Contents; Contributors; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Complexity as a Transdisciplinary View; 1.2 Complexity in the Study of Natural Language; 1.3 Structure of the Book; References; Interdisciplinary Approaches for Human Sciences; 2 Science as a Social Self-organizing Extended Cognitive System. Coherence and Flexibility of Scientific Explanatory Patterns; 2.1 Introduction. Science as an Embodied-Extended Social Cognitive System; 2.2 Fragmentation of Scientific Language; 2.3 The Rise of Unifying Themata; 2.4 The Self-organization of Scientific Explanatory Patterns 2.5 Scientific Practices as a Complex Adaptive SystemReferences; 3 The Paradigm of Complexity in Sociology: Epistemological and Methodological Implications; 3.1 Towards a Paradigm of Complexity. Bringing Together the Two Complexities; 3.1.1 The "General Complexity"; 3.1.2 The "Restricted Complexity"; 3.1.3 Towards a Unification of the Two Complexities; 3.2 The Paradigm of Complexity in Sociology. Epistemological and Methodological Implications; 3.2.1 The "General Complexity" in Sociology; 3.2.2 The "Restricted Complexity" in Sociology; 3.3 Conclusion: The Paradigm of Complexity in Sociology 4.3.4 The Methodological Dimension of Complex Problems4.3.5 A Provisional Synthesis of the Concept of Complex Problems; 4.4 An Epistemological Model for Empirical Research on Thought Systems; 4.4.1 The System of Scientific Beliefs; 4.4.2 Systems of Beliefs as Propositional Networks; 4.4.3 Communication and the Sociogenesis of Scientific Beliefs; 4.4.4 Organizational Complexity of Beliefs Systems: Paradigm, Epistemic Framework and Attitudes; 4.4.5 How to Empirically Investigate a Paradigm?; 4.4.6 The System of Scientific Beliefs in Complexity Science; 4.5 Conclusions; References Language Change5 Linguistic Variation and Change: Approach from the Perspective of Complex Adaptive Systems; 5.1 Language System, Dynamic System; 5.2 Linguistic Change; 5.3 Systems Theory and Complexity; 5.4 Ontology of Action: Dynamic Systems; 5.4.1 Agents and Evolution; 5.4.2 Cybernetics (See Introduction); 5.4.3 Standardization Process of Languages; 5.4.4 Cognition; 5.4.5 Interactions; 5.4.6 Systems; 5.4.7 Organization; 5.5 Proximal and Distal Causes; 5.6 The Observer; 5.7 Final Considerations; References
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.44; Sociolinguistics; Complexity (Philosophy); Complexity (Linguistics); POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030045982; 3030045986
• Related ISBNs: 303004596X; 9783030045968
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 24, 2019).
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