Distributed language explained

Distributed language is a concept in linguistics that language is not an independent symbolic system used by individuals for communication but rather an array of behaviors that constitute human interaction.^[1] The concept of distributed language is based on a biological theory of the origin of language and the concept of distributed cognition.

Further reading

• Cowley, Stephen J. (2011). Distributed Language. John Benjamins. .
• Thibault, Paul J. "First-order languaging dynamics and second-order language: The distributed language view." Ecological Psychology 23 (2011): 210–245.
• Steffensen, Sune Vork. "Distributed language and dialogism: notes on non-locality, sense-making and interactivity." Language Sciences 50 (2015): 105–119.
• Linell, Per. "Distributed language theory, with or without dialogue." Language Sciences 40 (2013): 168–173.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Distributed Language Group - Distributed Language and Links . 2008-05-23 . 2011-05-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110521152531/http://www.psy.herts.ac.uk/dlg/dist-lang-links.html . dead .