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Distributed language

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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.

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  • Cowley, Stephen J. (2011). Distributed Language. John Benjamins. ISBN 978-90-272-8415-0.
  • Thibault, Paul J. "First-order languaging dynamics and second-order language: The distributed language view." Ecological Psychology 23 (2011): 210–245. doi:10.1080/10407413.2011.591274
  • Steffensen, Sune Vork. "Distributed language and dialogism: notes on non-locality, sense-making and interactivity." Language Sciences 50 (2015): 105–119. doi:10.1016/j.langsci.2015.01.004
  • Linell, Per. "Distributed language theory, with or without dialogue." Language Sciences 40 (2013): 168–173. doi:10.1016/j.langsci.2013.04.001