We survey recent computer modelling research of language evolution, focusing on a rule-
based model simulating the lexicon–syntax coevolution and an equation-based model …

There is a peculiar method in the area of procedural narrative called emergent narrative:
instead of automatically inventing stories or deploying authored narrative content, a system …

The issue of language foundations has been of great controversy ever since it was first
raised in Lenneberg's (1967) monograph Biological Foundations of Language. Based on a …

The usual interpretation of the person and task variables in between‐persons measurement
models such as item response theory (IRT) is as attributes of persons and tasks …

This introductory essay aims to introduce the chapters in the book presenting some aspects
of the theoretical and conceptual framework necessary to consider the advantages computer …

While language was traditionally considered a purely cultural trait, the advent of Noam
Chomsky's Generative Grammar in the second half of the twentieth century dramatically …

Memory is essential to many cognitive tasks including language. Apart from empirical
studies of memory effects on language acquisition and use, there lack sufficient evolutionary …

Computer model has been extensively adopted to overcome the time limitation of language
evolution by transforming language theory into physical modelling mechanism, which helps …

This paper presents a simulation study of a vowel chain shift in Xumi (Tibeto-Burman). It
adapts de Boer, 2000, de Boer, 2001 model of vowel systems in a population of artificial …

The universal linguistic colour categorisation pattern as evident in the World Colour Survey
(WCS) has been a principal focus of investigations on the relationship between language …