Language in Complexity

Part I. Complexity and Linguistic Theory: Epistemological Questions

1. The Game of Complexity and Linguistic Theorization
David Piotrowski, Y.-M. Visetti

2. Continuity in the Interactions Between Linguistic Units
Gilles Col, Rossana Angelis, Thierry Poibeau

3. Modeling Language Change: The Pitfall of Grammaticalization
Quentin Feltgen, Benjamin Fagard, Jean-Pierre Nadal

4. The Case for Cognitive Plausibility
Pietro Perconti

Part II. Complexity, Semiotics and Enunciation Theory

5. System and Structure. Semiotics as Encyclopaedic Theory of Complexity
Claudio Paolucci

6. Hjelmslev and the Stratification of Signs and Language. The Morphodynamical Approaches to Semiotic Complexity
Antonino Bondì

7. From Topology to Quasi-Topology. The Complexity of the Notional Domain
Francesco Mantia

Part III. Linguistic Complexity: Physics, Computation and Biology

8. Fiat Lux Versus Fiat Lumen: Quantum Effects in Linguistic Operations
Fortunato Tito Arecchi

9. Two Ways into Complexity
Andrea Zeppi

10. Language and Brain Complexity
Alessio Plebe, Vivian M. Cruz

Avainsanat: Engineering, Complexity, Computational Linguistics, Language Translation and Linguistics, Mathematical Models of Cognitive Processes and Neural Networks, Neurosciences