In this episode of Beyond Words, host Garrett Oyama, MS, CCC-SLP, sits down with Dr. Joan Bybee, PhD, to explore her groundbreaking usage-based approach to linguistics and its impact on both clinical practice and research. Drawing from her influential work and the Language as a Complex Adaptive System framework, Dr. Bybee explains how language structure emerges through social interaction, repetition, and cognitive processes such as categorization and chunking.
Together, they discuss how the mechanisms that shape language change across communities mirror the processes of learning and adaptation within individuals. This conversation offers valuable insights into the adaptive nature of phonology and grammar, and how these principles can inform therapy rooted in authentic, real-world communication.
Together, they discuss how the mechanisms that shape language change across communities mirror the processes of learning and adaptation within individuals. This conversation offers valuable insights into the adaptive nature of phonology and grammar, and how these principles can inform therapy rooted in authentic, real-world communication.
