Abstract
The emergence of a compositional language with a simple grammar and the effects of individuals' popularity on the phylogeny of language are studied based on a multi-agent computational model. In this model, a bottom-up syntactic development is traced, in which the global syntax in sentences is gradually formed from local sequential information. Assuming that the popularity of individuals follows a power-law distribution, we demonstrate that a common language can emerge efficiently only for certain power-law distributions and that these distributions could also be formed as a result of the language phylogeny.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2006 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2006 |
| Pages | 999-1006 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 2006 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2006 - Vancouver, BC, Canada Duration: 16 Jul 2006 → 21 Jul 2006 |
Conference
| Conference | 2006 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2006 |
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| Country/Territory | Canada |
| City | Vancouver, BC |
| Period | 16/07/06 → 21/07/06 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Artificial Intelligence
- Software
- Theoretical Computer Science