A Grammatical View of Language Evolution

Gemma Bel-Enguix, Henning Christiansen, M. Dolores Jiménez-López

2011

Abstract

Language evolves gradually through its use: over time, new forms come into fashion and others become obsolete. While traditionally a grammar provides a snapshot of an individual’s or a society’s linguistic competence at a given point in time, our aim is to extend grammars to incorporate competences related to evolution. This paper shows how language evolution can be modeled using Adaptable Grammars, which may be defined as logically based transformational grammars in which the grammar itself may be affected in a derivation step.

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Bel-Enguix G., Christiansen H. and Dolores Jiménez-López M. (2011). A Grammatical View of Language Evolution . In Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on AI Methods for Interdisciplinary Research in Language and Biology - Volume 1: BILC, (ICAART 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-42-3, pages 57-66. DOI: 10.5220/0003309200570066


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@conference{bilc11,
author={Gemma Bel-Enguix and Henning Christiansen and M. Dolores Jiménez-López},
title={A Grammatical View of Language Evolution},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on AI Methods for Interdisciplinary Research in Language and Biology - Volume 1: BILC, (ICAART 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={57-66},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003309200570066},
isbn={978-989-8425-42-3},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on AI Methods for Interdisciplinary Research in Language and Biology - Volume 1: BILC, (ICAART 2011)
TI - A Grammatical View of Language Evolution
SN - 978-989-8425-42-3
AU - Bel-Enguix G.
AU - Christiansen H.
AU - Dolores Jiménez-López M.
PY - 2011
SP - 57
EP - 66
DO - 10.5220/0003309200570066