Language follows a distinct mode of extra-genomic evolution
As one of the most specific, yet most diverse of human behaviors, language is shaped by
both genomic and extra-genomic evolution. Sharing methods and models between these …
both genomic and extra-genomic evolution. Sharing methods and models between these …
Naturalness is gradient in morphological paradigms: Evidence from positional splits
Agreement markers that refer to the same feature or argument tend to be found in the same
position (eg, all subject agreement markers as suffixes, all object agreement markers as …
position (eg, all subject agreement markers as suffixes, all object agreement markers as …
[PDF][PDF] Positional splits in person-number agreement paradigms reflect a naturalness gradient: Typological and experimental evidence
Agreement markers that refer to the same feature or argument tend to be found in the same
position (eg, all subject agreement markers as suffixes, all object agreement markers as …
position (eg, all subject agreement markers as suffixes, all object agreement markers as …
The emergence of grammatical structure from inter-predictability
J Mansfield, C Kemp - 2023 - osf.io
Recent research has shown that words or morphemes that are closer to each other in linear
order tend to have higher statistical inter-predictability, measured as mutual information. We …
order tend to have higher statistical inter-predictability, measured as mutual information. We …
Exploring horizontal homophony in pronominal paradigms: A case study where cross-linguistic regularities defy individual learning biases
C Saldana, M Maldonado - Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of …, 2024 - escholarship.org
Homophony (ie, multiple meanings expressed by the same form) is ubiquitous across the
world's languages. Despite its pervasiveness, not all instances of homophony are equally …
world's languages. Despite its pervasiveness, not all instances of homophony are equally …
Speakers' cognitive representations of gender and number morphology shape cross-linguistic tendencies in morpheme order
C Saldana, J Culbertson - Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of …, 2023 - escholarship.org
Languages exhibit a tremendous amount of variation in how they organise and order
morphemes within words; however, regularities are also found. For example, gender and …
morphemes within words; however, regularities are also found. For example, gender and …
Preferences in Miniature Language Learning as Evidence of Biases in Language Use
LJ Kim - 2023 - search.proquest.com
Miniature language learning has been widely used to study the causality of language
universals. However, factors that have been shown to affect language acquisition in other …
universals. However, factors that have been shown to affect language acquisition in other …
From cognition to word order universals: an artificial language learning approach
F Wang - 2024 - era.ed.ac.uk
Despite their striking diversity, human languages exhibit many statistical universals.
Explanations for the origin of statistical universals include language relatedness, innate …
Explanations for the origin of statistical universals include language relatedness, innate …
[PDF][PDF] Gender comes first: Experimental evidence for the representation of gender closer to the noun stem than number across linguistic populations
C Saldana, P Kanampiu, J Culbertson - osf.io
Languages exhibit a tremendous amount of variation in how they organise and order
morphemes within words; however, regularities are also found. For example, gender and …
morphemes within words; however, regularities are also found. For example, gender and …
[PDF][PDF] Entropy reduction in language change and language acquisition
Languages are subject to relentless change over time. This dynamic is one of the most
specific features of human language compared to other communication systems across …
specific features of human language compared to other communication systems across …