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A Social Approach to Rule Dynamics Using an Agent-Based Model.

Christine Cuskley¹, Vittorio Loreto^2,3, Simon Kirby¹

¹Centre for Language Evolution, University of Edinburgh.

Topics in Cognitive Science

|March 9, 2018

Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

This study uses agent-based models to explore how language rules and exceptions evolve in populations, not just individuals. It reveals how social interactions and cultural transmission shape linguistic dynamics over time.

Keywords:

Agent-based modeling Linguistics Population growth Population size Regularity Rules

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Cognitive Science
Linguistics
Computational Social Science

Background:

The past tense debate traditionally focuses on individual mechanisms of rule and exception acquisition in language.
Existing research offers limited insight into the sociolinguistic functioning of linguistic rules and exceptions within populations.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the population-level dynamics of linguistic rules and exceptions using agent-based models.
To examine the impact of social interaction and cultural transmission on language change.
To explore how population dynamics influence linguistic rule evolution.

Main Methods:

Agent-based modeling to simulate linguistic interactions within populations.
Analysis of linguistic outcomes resulting from repeated social interactions and cultural transmission.
Modeling of population turnover and growth effects on linguistic rule dynamics.

Main Results:

Demonstrates how rules and exceptions function and evolve across speaker populations.
Highlights the influence of social factors like interaction and transmission on language dynamics.
Shows the impact of population size and turnover on linguistic rule stability and change.

Conclusions:

Agent-based models offer a powerful framework for studying sociolinguistic phenomena.
Population-level dynamics are crucial for understanding the evolution of linguistic rules and exceptions.
This approach provides a novel method for investigating the linguistic niche hypothesis.