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Author Cooper, D. L.

Title Linguistic attractors : the cognitive dynamics of language acquisition and change / David L. Cooper.

Publication Info. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, Pa. : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., [1999]
©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 375 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Human cognitive processing ; v. 2
Human cognitive processing ; v. 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (329-353) and index.
Contents Linguistic Attractors; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Introduction. Abstractions, Universals, Systems, and Attractors; Chapter 1. Human Architecture: Physical Constraints and Special Accommodations; Chapter 2. Possible Neural Network Implementations: General Network Properties and Requirements for Computation; Chapter 3. Representations; Chapter 4. Attractor Dynamics on Semantic Fields; Chapter 5. Toward an Attractor Grammar; Chapter 6. The Dynamics of Language Change: Beowulf, the Tatian, and German Biblical Texts; References; Index.
Summary The interdisciplinary linguistic attractor model portrays language processing as linked sequences of fractal sets, and examines the changing dynamics of such sets for individuals as well as the speech community they comprise. Its motivation stems from human anatomic constraints and several artificial neural network approaches. It uses general computation theory to: (1) demonstrate the capacity of Cantor-like fractal sets to perform as Turing Machines; (2) better distinguish between models that simply match outputs (emulation) and models that match both outputs and internal dynamics (simulation.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Psycholinguistics.
Psycholinguistics.
Computational linguistics.
Computational linguistics.
Linguistic change.
Linguistic change.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Cooper, D.L. Linguistic attractors. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia, Pa. : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©1999 (DLC) 99010761
ISBN 9789027299383 (electronic book)
9027299382 (electronic book)
9781556192029 (alkaline paper)
1556192029 (alkaline paper)
1556192029 (alkaline paper)
9027223548 (Eur.)