Language Evolution and Computation Bibliography

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Proceedings :: SAB02
2002
Exploring the Impact of Contextual Input on the Evolution of Word-MeaningPDF
SAB02, 2002
This paper investigates how different types of non-verbal input influence the bootstrapping and evolution of lexicons. This is done by comparing three language game models that differ in the type of input they use. The simulations show that the language games that use either ...MORE ⇓
This paper investigates how different types of non-verbal input influence the bootstrapping and evolution of lexicons. This is done by comparing three language game models that differ in the type of input they use. The simulations show that the language games that use either joint attention or corrective feedback as a source of contextual input are better capable of bootstrapping a lexicon than the game without such precise and directed input. The simulation of the latter game, however, does show that it is possible to develop a lexicon without using directed input when the lexicon is transmitted from generation to generation.
Language adaptation helps language acquisition - a computational model studyPDF
SAB02, 2002
Abstract Language acquisition is a very particular type of learning problem: it is a problem where the target of the learning process is itself the outcome of a learning process. Language can therefore adapt to the learning algorithm. I present a model that shows that ...
Phonemic coding might be a result of sensory-motor coupling dynamicsPDF
SAB02, pages 406-416, 2002
Abstract Human sound systems are invariably phonemically coded. Furthermore, phoneme inventories follow very particular tendancies. To explain these phenomena, there existed so far three kinds of approaches:" Chomskyan"/cognitive innatism, morpho-perceptual ...