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Woon Peng Goh^1,2, Kang-Kwong Luke³, Siew Ann Cheong^2,4

¹Interdisciplinary Graduate School, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.

|September 12, 2018

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Human language networks exhibit higher motif densities than scrambled text, revealing structural patterns. These motifs act as shortcuts, explaining rapid language processing and acquisition.

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Area of Science:

Linguistics
Network Science
Computational Linguistics

Background:

Syntactic structures and grammatical patterns are fundamental to human language.
Standard complex network measures often fail to distinguish empirical language networks from random text.
Understanding the underlying network structure of language is crucial for explaining processing efficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the network properties of human language co-occurrence networks.
To differentiate empirical language networks from scrambled text using motif analysis.
To explore the functional role of motifs in language processing and acquisition.

Main Methods:

Utilized motif extraction procedures on co-occurrence networks derived from empirical corpora.
Compared motif densities between empirical language networks and networks from scrambled text.
Analyzed the role of motifs as network shortcuts.

Main Results:

Empirical language networks demonstrate significantly higher motif densities compared to scrambled text.
Identified motifs as efficient shortcuts within language networks.
Established a potential link between network motifs and linguistic constructions.

Conclusions:

Motif density is a key differentiator between structured and unstructured text networks.
Network motifs likely facilitate rapid language generation and comprehension.
Motifs may provide insights into the emergence of linguistic constructions and language acquisition mechanisms.