Complex Processes in New Languages.

In recent years, there has been a new interest in evaluating'complex'structures in languages. The implications of such studies are varied, e.g., the distinction between supposedly more complex and less complex languages, how complexity relates to human knowledge of language, and the role of the reduction or increase of complexity in language change and creolization. This book focuses on the latter issue, but the conclusions presented here hold of typological'complexity'in general. The chapters in this book show that the notion of complexity as conceived of in linguistics mainly centres on.