UID:
edocfu_9959227180902883
Format:
xviii, 482 p. :
,
ill.
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-262-31174-7
,
1-282-09852-7
,
9786612098529
,
0-262-28068-X
,
1-4294-7762-8
Series Statement:
Current studies in linguistics ; 43
Content:
The introduction of a mathematical and computational framework within which to analyze the interplay between language learning and language evolution.
Note:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
,
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.
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-262-51339-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-262-14094-2
Language:
English
Bookmarklink
