Since the late 1980s, the study of linguistic knowledge has intensively congregated different
areas in order to capture several issues related to language development, variation, and
change. Many of these fields can be represented by the Complex Dynamic Systems Theory
(CDST), an approach used to model and explain linguistic phenomena and their
implications. The goal of this article is thus twofold: firstly, it aims to present the CDST
paradigm applied to language studies; and, secondly, departing from a complex dynamic …

Since the late 1980s, the study of linguistic knowledge has intensively congregated different
areas in order to capture several issues related to language development, variation, and
change. Many of these fields can be represented by the Complex Dynamic Systems Theory
(CDST), an approach used to model and explain linguistic phenomena and their
implications. The goal of this article is thus twofold: firstly, it aims to present the CDST
paradigm applied to language studies; and, secondly, departing from a complex dynamic …