The computational nature of language learning and evolution / Partha Niyogi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niyogi, Partha.

Series:

Current studies in linguistics series ; 43.

Current studies in linguistics ; 43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language acquisition.

Language and languages--Origin.

Language and languages.

Computational linguistics.

Linguistic change.

Multilingualism.

Language and culture.

Physical Description:

xviii, 482 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The introduction of a mathematical and computational framework within which to analyze the interplay between language learning and language evolution.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part I The Problem

Chapter 1 Introduction

Part II Language Learning

Chapter 2 Language Acquisition: The Problem of Inductive Inference

Chapter 3 Language Acquisition: A Linguistic Treatment

Chapter 4 Language Acquisition: Memoryless Learning

Part III Language Change

Chapter 5 Language Change: A Preliminary Model

Chapter 6 Language Change: Multiple Languages

Chapter 7 An Application to Portuguese

Chapter 8 An Application to Chinese Phonology

Chapter 9 A Model of Cultural Evolution and Its Application to Language

Chapter 10 Variations and Case Studies

Part IV The Origin of Language

Chapter 11 The Origin of Communicative Systems: Communicative Efficiency

Chapter 12 The Origin of Communicative Systems: Linguistic Coherence and Communicative Fitness

Chapter 13 The Origin of Communicative Systems: Linguistic Coherence and Social Learning

Part V Conclusions

Chapter 14 Conclusions

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [459]-478) and index.

ISBN:

0-262-31174-7

1-282-09852-7

9786612098529

0-262-28068-X

1-4294-7762-8

OCLC:

145620830