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| year = 2009

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| isbn = 9780199545223}}</ref> Although the concept of language complexity is an old one, the current interest has largely emerged since the beginning of the 21st century as it was previously considered problematic in terms of [[political correctness]].<ref name=Newmeyer2014>{{cite book

| last1 = Newmeyer | first1 = Frederick J.

| first2 = Lauren B. | last2 = Preston (eds.)

| title = Measuring Grammatical Complexity

| ___location = Oxford

| publisher = Oxford University Press

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| year = 2014

| isbn = 9780199685301}}</ref>{{Page needed|date=December 2016}}

Language complexity has been studied less than many other traditional fields of linguistics. While the [[Consensus decision-making|consensus]] is turning towards recognizing that complexity is a suitable research area, a central focus has been on [[Methodology of science|methodological]] choices. Some languages, particularly [[pidgin]]s and [[Creole language|creoles]], are considered simpler than most other languages, but there is no direct ranking, and no universal method of measurement although several possibilities are now proposed within different schools of analysis.<ref name="Joseph2012">{{cite journal