HOME   ::  Journal List   ::   Article
Mitchener, W. G. and Nowak, M. A. (2004) Chaos and Language. Proceedings of The Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 271(1540):701--704.
Bookmark:   ( bookmarked by 1 relevant users: garyfeng ).   tags: 2chaos 2evolution 2language language_evolution

Full-text
   || Go to publishers' web page for final fulltext/PDF. (see the Authoritative link as below)
   URL: http://www.ped.fas.harvard.edu/people/fa...tions_nowak/RS04.pdf
   Cached: PDF-344K   
   SAVE AS an easy-to-recall long filename:
      Filename format: author--year--title   PDF-344K   
      Filename format: author--year--title--journal|proceedings|...--pages   PDF-344K   

Related links
   Authoritative: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2003.2643   (Publisher's PDF... likely be available here.)
  Web search: Google Web Search   ::   Google Scholar
  Within this site: Cited by (5)    References (30)

Abstract

Human language is a complex and expressive communication system. Children spontaneously develop a native language from speech they hear in their community. Languages change dramatically and unpredictably by accumulating small changes over time and by interacting with other languages. This paper describes a mathematical model illustrating language change. Children learn their parents' language imperfectly, and in the case presented here, the result is a simulated population that maintains an ever-changing mixture of grammars. This research is part of a growing attempt to use mathematical models to better understand the social and biological history of language.

Keywords: language, evolution, game dynamics, learning, dynamical systems, chaos

BibTex
@article{mitchener04chaosAndLanguage,
  author={W. G. Mitchener and M. A. Nowak},
  title={Chaos and Language},
  journal={Proceedings of The Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences},
  year={2004},
  volume={271},
  number={1540},
  pages={701-704},
  doi={10.1098/rspb.2003.2643},
  url={http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/paper/mitchener04chaosAndLanguage.html},
  keywords={language, evolution, game dynamics, learning, dynamical systems, chaos}
}

 HOME   ::  Journal List   ::   Article Comments to: junwang4 you-know-at gmail.com Last update: 2/2/08