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Dominey, P. F. (2005) Emergence of grammatical constructions: evidence from simulation and grounded agent experiments. Connection Science, 17(3-4):289--306.
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Abstract

This research takes grammatical constructions (sentence form-to-meaning mappings) as an alternative to abstract generative grammars in the context of understanding the emergence of language. A model of sentence processing based on this construction grammar approach is presented, and then a series of neuropsychological and neurophysiological studies are reviewed that attempt to validate the model and to establish its neurophysiological underpinnings. The resulting model is demonstrated to provide insight into a developmental and evolutionary passage from unitary idiom-like holophrases to progressively more abstract grammatical constructions. The model is then functionally validated by its insertion into a perceptually grounded system that allows spoken language interaction with a human interlocutor. The potential utility of this emergence approach in understanding language is discussed.

Keywords: Neural network, Language, Sensorimotor sequence, Grammatical construction

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@article{Dominey05grammaticalConstructions,
  author={Peter Ford Dominey},
  title={Emergence of grammatical constructions: evidence from simulation and grounded agent experiments},
  journal={Connection Science},
  year={2005},
  month={December},
  volume={17},
  number={3-4},
  pages={289-306},
  doi={10.1080/09540090500270714},
  url={http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/paper/Dominey05grammaticalConstructions.html},
  keywords={Neural network, Language, Sensorimotor sequence, Grammatical construction}
}

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