Signed Language and Cognitive Grammar DOI
Sherman Wilcox, Rocío Anguita Martínez, Sara Siyavoshi

et al.

Published: Dec. 5, 2024

This Elements monograph presents a Cognitive Grammar (CG) approach to range of signed language grammatical phenomena. It begins with background on the history sign linguistics, focusing what was widely-held belief that signs are simply gestures. The first section traces modern linguistic examination languages, Stokoe and his demonstration these languages exhibit phonology duality patterning. Next, we present some fundamental principles foundational for cognitive linguistics linguistics. In Grammar, brief overview CG principles, constructs, models. Section 4 extensive analyses constructions applying CG, including nominal grounding; concepts Place placing; 'agreement' in languages; reported dialogue; modality; meaning facial displays. A final examines controversial role gesture constructions.

Language: Английский

Cognitive Linguistics and Language Evolution DOI Creative Commons
Michael Pleyer, Stefan Hartmann

Published: March 4, 2024

The evolution of language has developed into a large research field. Two questions are particularly relevant for this strand research: firstly, how did the human capacity emerge? And secondly, which processes cultural involved both in from non-linguistic communication and continued languages? Much on that addresses these two is highly compatible with usage-based approach to pursued cognitive linguistics. Focusing key topics such as comparing animal communication, experimental approaches evolution, evolutionary dynamics language, Element gives an overview current state-of-the-art discusses linguistics can cross-fertilise each other. This title also available Open Access Cambridge Core.

Language: Английский

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8

Computational Construction Grammar DOI
Jonathan Dunn

Published: May 8, 2024

This Element introduces a usage-based computational approach to Construction Grammar that draws on techniques from natural language processing and unsupervised machine learning. work explores how represent constructions, learn constructions corpus, arrange the in grammar as network. From theoretical perspective, this examines construction grammars emerge usage alone complex systems, with slot-constraints learned at same time are learned. practical is accompanied by Python package which enables linguists incorporate into their own corpus-based work. The experiments important for testing learnability, variability, confirmability of theory language. All code examples will leverage cloud computing platform Code Ocean guide readers through implementation these algorithms.

Language: Английский

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3

Humanism strikes back? A posthumanist reckoning with ‘self-development’ and generative AI DOI Creative Commons

Sam Cadman,

Claire Tanner, Patrick Cheong-Iao Pang

et al.

AI & Society, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 17, 2025

Abstract Since the release of OpenAI's ChatGPT in 2022, AI activity has reached a fever pitch. Calls for effective ethical responses to pressurised environment have turn abounded. Posthumanism, which seeks build futures by de-centring ‘human’, is an obvious candidate act as lynchpin theoretical intervention. In their responses, posthumanist scholars appear embraced AI’s potential destabilise Humanist philosophical ideas. We critically interrogate this initial enthusiasm. Conceptually distinguishing ‘post-dualist self-development’ (PDSD) from ‘technical (TSD), we show how prompts urgent need advance engagement with technical development unsupervised humans ontologically discrete other forms material agency. argue that specific TSD distinct PDSD key avoid ignoring or underestimating and anthropocentric aspects current innovation, influence anthropomorphism. Without reckoning these tensions, posthumanism AI-era runs risk potentially promoting technologies reinvigorate expansion. To conclude, ethics generative pays requisite attention both may enable more anticipatory nuanced assessments risks benefits inform public discourse, appropriate social, institutional, policy governance direct research priorities.

Language: Английский

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Corpus-based approaches to evolutionary dynamics in language DOI
Stefan Hartmann, Michael Pleyer

Oxford University Press eBooks, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 111 - 126

Published: May 22, 2025

Abstract Pragmatic-interactional aspects of present-day language use as well historical change have come to be regarded an important source evidence for theories evolution. Corpora, i.e. collections authentic data, are resource studying both those linguistic dynamics. This chapter gives overview corpus-based approaches and their implications evolutionary linguistics. In the first part chapter, we outline basic principles corpus linguistics, discussing notion itself scope corpus-linguistic approaches. second part, review representative case studies that show how can used approach questions about dynamics in interaction on one hand, other.

Language: Английский

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Category Learning as a Cognitive Foundation of Language Evolution DOI
Elizabeth Qing Zhang, Edward Ruoyang Shi, Michael Pleyer

et al.

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Cognitive Science, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 16(3)

Published: May 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Category learning gives rise to category formation, which is a crucial ability in human cognition. also one of the required abilities language development. Understanding evolution thus can shed light on cognition and language. The current paper emphasizes its foundational role by reviewing behavioral neurological studies across species. In doing so, we first review critical sounds, words, grammatical patterns Next, from comparative perspective, conducted different species nonhuman animals, including invertebrates vertebrates, suggesting that displays evolutionary continuity. Then, focus prefrontal cortex basal ganglia. Reviewing involvement these structures vertebrates proposed homologous brain structure ganglia learning, as well processing humans, suggests neural basis likely has an ancient origin dating back invertebrates. With evidence both levels animals conclude lays cognitive foundation for evolution.

Language: Английский

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Integrating Approaches to the Role of Metaphor in the Evolutionary Dynamics of Language DOI Open Access
Michael Pleyer, Svetlana Kuleshova, Marek Placiński

et al.

Published: June 13, 2024

Metaphor occupies a central role not only in language use, but also change and evolution. Specifically, semantic extension motivated by metaphor plays an important extending the lexicon of languages. It is this process that enables emergence one key properties modern languages, namely they are open-ended, systematic, polysemous, structured semiotic systems. Here, we review results from three approaches whose integration presents cornerstone for interdisciplinary account evolutionary dynamics language: (1) Historical linguistics diachronic semantics (2) Computational natural processing, (3) Experimental semiotics. Research historical has shown major mechanism change. Diachronic analyses have mapped detailed trajectories metaphor, identified common metaphoric pathways as well shared cognitive principles underlying them. processing used findings data attempts to automate detection build data-driven models it. semiotics paradigm which participants create novel communication systems absence language. represents can investigate cultural linguistic evolution metaphors metaphorical extensions under controlled laboratory settings shed light on interactional involved Combining these first step towards interdisciplinary, integrative processes polysemous meaning more generally,

Language: Английский

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Integrating approaches to the role of metaphor in the evolutionary dynamics of language DOI
Michael Pleyer, Svetlana Kuleshova, Marek Placiński

et al.

Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(1), P. 145 - 176

Published: Nov. 1, 2024

Abstract Metaphor occupies a central role not only in language use, but also change and evolution. Specifically, semantic extension motivated by metaphor plays an important extending the lexicon of languages. It is this process that enables emergence one key properties modern languages, namely they are open-ended, systematic, polysemous, structured semiotic systems. Here, we review results from three approaches whose integration presents cornerstone for interdisciplinary account evolutionary dynamics language: (1) Historical linguistics diachronic semantics (2) Computational natural processing, (3) Experimental semiotics. Research historical has shown major mechanism change. Diachronic analyses have mapped detailed trajectories metaphor, identified common metaphoric pathways as well shared cognitive principles underlying them. processing used findings data attempts to automate detection build data-driven models it. semiotics paradigm which participants create novel communication systems absence language. represents experimental design can investigate cultural linguistic evolution metaphors metaphorical extensions under controlled laboratory settings shed light on interactional involved Combining these first step towards interdisciplinary, integrative processes polysemous meaning more generally,

Language: Английский

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Signed Language and Cognitive Grammar DOI
Sherman Wilcox, Rocío Anguita Martínez, Sara Siyavoshi

et al.

Published: Dec. 5, 2024

This Elements monograph presents a Cognitive Grammar (CG) approach to range of signed language grammatical phenomena. It begins with background on the history sign linguistics, focusing what was widely-held belief that signs are simply gestures. The first section traces modern linguistic examination languages, Stokoe and his demonstration these languages exhibit phonology duality patterning. Next, we present some fundamental principles foundational for cognitive linguistics linguistics. In Grammar, brief overview CG principles, constructs, models. Section 4 extensive analyses constructions applying CG, including nominal grounding; concepts Place placing; 'agreement' in languages; reported dialogue; modality; meaning facial displays. A final examines controversial role gesture constructions.

Language: Английский

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0