Supercomplexity in Interaction An Introduction to the 4Es
“Victoria Orange has written a must-read book for anyone who is interested in developing a renewed understanding of interaction. Through an interesting and non-traditional angle, the book uses a pluridiscipinary approach and a new concept - i.e. Expressio
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Victoria Orange
Supercomplexity in Interaction
Victoria Orange
Supercomplexity in Interaction An Introduction to the 4Es
Victoria Orange School of Language and Global Studies University of Central Lancashire Preston, Lancashire, UK
ISBN 978-3-030-28017-8 ISBN 978-3-030-28018-5 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28018-5 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover credit: Melisa Hasan This Palgrave Pivot imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
The seeds for this book were sown several years ago when I attended an interesting talk by Dianne Tyers on complex systems and the application of them for social sciences and in particular for culture, at an International Association of Languages and Intercultural Communication (IALIC) conference held at Peking University in Beijing. This talk helped me to start to bring some kind of sense to this vast, fascinating, shifting and timeless phenomenon of human interaction. From my experience, first and foremost as a linguist, then as a translator, an interpreter, a teacher and a traveller, I know that interaction is complicated and can be messy. Trying to contain or restrain it in order to better understand it or teach about it is a difficult task. When I heard about complex systems, despite my pronounced phobia or all things mathematical, I felt that this could be a way to understand the messiness of interaction and help others understand it too. It seems to me that by demonstrating the supercomplexity of interaction, we can appreciate the enormity of what we navigate each and every day and wonder at how we manage to do it at all. What is more, despite there being a considerable body of work on in
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