The regularity game: Investigating linguistic rule dynamics in a population of interacting agents

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• 作者：Christine Cuskley^a ; ^e ; ^{ccuskley@gmail.com} ; Claudio Castellano^a ; ^b ; Francesca Colaiori^a ; ^b ; Vittorio Loreto^b ; ^c ; ^d ; Martina Pugliese^b ; Francesca Tria^c
• 关键词：Linguistic rules ; Morphology ; Language evolution ; Cultural evolution ; Language development ; Memory
• 刊名：Cognition
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：159
• 期：Complete
• 页码：25-32
• 全文大小：1123 K
• 卷排序：159

文摘

Using an agent based model, we investigate stable irregularity in a language system. A population of interacting agents evolve shared rules and exceptions. Without specific agent biases, irregularity is dependent on initial conditions. We implement two types of biases in agents: learner biases and memory constraints. Biases lead to stable irregularity reminiscent of patterns found in natural language.