Language Evolution and Computation Bibliography

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Christopher T. Kello
2010
Trends in Cognitive Sciences 14(5):223-232, 2010
Scaling laws are ubiquitous in nature, and they pervade neural, behavioral and linguistic activities. A scaling law suggests the existence of processes or patterns that are repeated across scales of analysis. Although the variables that express a scaling law can vary from one ...MORE ⇓
Scaling laws are ubiquitous in nature, and they pervade neural, behavioral and linguistic activities. A scaling law suggests the existence of processes or patterns that are repeated across scales of analysis. Although the variables that express a scaling law can vary from one type of activity to the next, the recurrence of scaling laws across so many different systems has prompted a search for unifying principles. In biological systems, scaling laws can reflect adaptive processes of various types and are often linked to complex systems poised near critical points. The same is true for perception, memory, language and other cognitive phenomena. Findings of scaling laws in cognitive science are indicative of scaling invariance in cognitive mechanisms and multiplicative interactions among interdependent components of cognition.
2004
Trends in Cognitive Sciences 8(9):392-394, 2004
In a recent article Mitchener and Nowak present a model of the evolutionary dynamics of language. The model exhibits regular and chaotic oscillations in changes to the proportions of grammars spoken in a population over the course of evolution. These oscillations are within the ...MORE ⇓
In a recent article Mitchener and Nowak present a model of the evolutionary dynamics of language. The model exhibits regular and chaotic oscillations in changes to the proportions of grammars spoken in a population over the course of evolution. These oscillations are within the purview of evolutionary game theory, but they suggest the lack of an evolutionarily stable strategy. Implications for self-organization across scales of adaptation are discussed.
1999
The Emergence of Phonology From the Interplay of Speech Comprehension and Production: A Distributed Connectionist ApproachPDF
Emergence of Language, 1999
How do infants learn to understand and produce spoken language? Despite decades of intensive investigation, the answer to this question remains largely a mystery. This is, in part, because although the use of language seems straightforward to adult native speakers, ...