Abstract
Phrase structures combine words, phrases, and both, into phrases. Human languages exhibit phrase structure, though it is unclear why, and this issue can be approached from various directions. The aim of this study is to explore the origins of phrase structure from an evolutionary point of view [1–3, 6, 8, 11].
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
References
Beuls K, Steels L (2013) Agent-based models of strategies for the emergence and evolution of grammatical agreement. PLOS ONE 8(3):e58960
Bleys J (2010) Language strategies for the domain of colour. Ph.D. thesis, VUB
De Beule J (2007) Compositionality, hierarchy and recursion in language. A case study in fluid construction grammar. Ph.D. thesis, VUB
Garcia-Casademont E, Steels L (2014) Strategies for the emergence of first-order phrase structure. In: Evolang-X, Vienna, pp 50–57
Garcia-Casademont E, Steels L (2015) Usage-based grammar learning as insight problem solving. In: EAP CogSci conference
Maynard Smith J (1986) The problems of biology. Oxford University Press, Oxford
Steels L (1995) A self-organizing spatial vocabulary. Artif Life J 2(3):319–332
Steels L (ed) (2012) Experiments in cultural language evolution. John Benjamins, Amsterdam
Steels L, Garcia-Casademont E (2015) Ambiguity and the origins of syntax. Linguist Rev 32(1):37–60
Steels L, Garcia-Casademont E (2015) How to play the Syntax Game. In: ECAL conference
van Trijp R (2008) Analogy and multi-level selection in the formation of a case grammar. A case study in fluid construction grammar. Ph.D. thesis, UA
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2017 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this paper
Cite this paper
Garcia-Casademont, E. (2017). A Case Study in the Emergence of Recursive Phrase Structure. In: Bourgine, P., Collet, P., Parrend, P. (eds) First Complex Systems Digital Campus World E-Conference 2015. Springer Proceedings in Complexity. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45901-1_35
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45901-1_35
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-45900-4
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-45901-1
eBook Packages: Physics and AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy (R0)