Resolving pattern conflict: Variation and selection in phonology and morphology

Andrew Wedel

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199547548.003.0004

Resolving pattern conflict: Variation and selection in phonology and morphology

Andrew Wedel

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Abstract

In a feedback-driven model of language change, conflict between patterns at distinct levels of linguistic organization can be understood as a form of multi-level selection. Simulations of conflicts between phonological and morphological patterns show that positive feedback can promote pattern consolidation at one level at the expense of the other. In this way, analogical generalizations over subparts of the lexicon can be shown to be emergent properties of complex linguistic systems.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Analogy in Grammar
Subtitle of host publication	Form and Acquisition
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191720628
ISBN (Print)	9780199547548
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199547548.003.0004
State	Published - Sep 1 2009

Keywords

Agent-based simulation
Exemplar modeling
Feedback
Language change
Language evolution
Multi-level selection
Regularity

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General Arts and Humanities

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