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 | |
| State | Published - Sep 1 2009 |
Keywords
- Agent-based simulation
- Exemplar modeling
- Feedback
- Language change
- Language evolution
- Multi-level selection
- Regularity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Arts and Humanities
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