Grammar structure and the dynamics of language evolution

Yoosook Lee; Travis C. Collier; Gregory M. Kobele; Edward P. Stabler; Charles E. Taylor

Grammar structure and the dynamics of language evolution

Yoosook Lee, Travis C. Collier, Gregory M. Kobele, Edward P. Stabler, Charles E. Taylor

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Abstract

The complexity, variation, and change of languages make evident the importance of representation and learning in the acquisition and evolution of language. For example, analytic studies of simple language in unstructured populations have shown complex dynamics, depending on the fidelity of language transmission. In this study we extend these analysis of evolutionary dynamics to include grammars inspired by the principles and parameters paradigm. In particular, the space of languages is structured so that some pairs of languages are more similar than others, and mutations tend to change languages to nearby variants. We found that coherence emerges with lower learning fidelity than predicted by earlier work with an unstructured language space.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Pages	624-633
Number of pages	10
State	Published - Dec 1 2005
Externally published	Yes
Event	8th European Conference on Advances in Artificial Life, ECAL 2005 - Canterbury, United Kingdom Duration: Sep 5 2005 → Sep 9 2005

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	3630 LNAI
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

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Other	8th European Conference on Advances in Artificial Life, ECAL 2005
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Canterbury
Period	9/5/05 → 9/9/05

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Theoretical Computer Science
Computer Science(all)

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Lee, Y., Collier, T. C., Kobele, G. M., Stabler, E. P., & Taylor, C. E. (2005). Grammar structure and the dynamics of language evolution. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (pp. 624-633). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 3630 LNAI).

Grammar structure and the dynamics of language evolution. / Lee, Yoosook; Collier, Travis C.; Kobele, Gregory M.; Stabler, Edward P.; Taylor, Charles E.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). 2005. p. 624-633 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 3630 LNAI).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Lee, Y, Collier, TC, Kobele, GM, Stabler, EP & Taylor, CE 2005, Grammar structure and the dynamics of language evolution. in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 3630 LNAI, pp. 624-633, 8th European Conference on Advances in Artificial Life, ECAL 2005, Canterbury, United Kingdom, 9/5/05.

Lee Y, Collier TC, Kobele GM, Stabler EP, Taylor CE. Grammar structure and the dynamics of language evolution. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). 2005. p. 624-633. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

Lee, Yoosook ; Collier, Travis C. ; Kobele, Gregory M. ; Stabler, Edward P. ; Taylor, Charles E. / Grammar structure and the dynamics of language evolution. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). 2005. pp. 624-633 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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