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ECAL
2001
Springer
15 years 2 months ago
Emergent Syntax: The Unremitting Value of Computational Modeling for Understanding the Origins of Complex Language
Abstract. In this paper we explore the similarities between a mathematical model of language evolution and several A-life simulations. We argue that the mathematical model makes so...
Willem H. Zuidema
ECAL
2005
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Artificial Life Meets Anthropology: A Case of Aggression in Primitive Societies
One of the greatest challenges in the modern biological and social sciences has been to understand the evolution of altruistic and cooperative behaviors. General outlines of the an...
Mikhail S. Burtsev
COGSCI
2010
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14 years 9 months ago
Language Acquisition Meets Language Evolution
Recent research suggests that language evolution is a process of cultural change, in which linguistic structures are shaped through repeated cycles of learning and use by domain-g...
Nick Chater, Morten H. Christiansen
ENGL
2007
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14 years 9 months ago
Constructive Analysis of Intensional Phenomena in Natural Language
Abstract— Chierchia [2, 3, 4], pointed out the inadequacy of Montague’s approach in the analysis of certain natural language constructions, such as nominalization and propositi...
Rogelio Davila, Leonardo Soto, Nahitt H. Padilla
SERP
2007
14 years 11 months ago
Using Constraints with Action Language for Model Evolution
- Since the advent of model driven software engineering (MDSE) it has become necessary to develop techniques and tools for model evolution. In this paper we examine two issues and ...
Shahid Alam, Samuel A. Ajila