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Abstract

This paper aims to show that linguistics, in particular the study of the lexico-syntactic aspects of language, provides fertile ground for artificial life modelling. A survey of the models that have been developed over the last decade and a half is presented to demonstrate that ALife techniques have a lot to offer an explanatory theory of language. It is argued that this is because much of the structure of language is determined by the interaction of three complex adaptive systems: learning, culture and biological evolution. Computational simulation, informed by theoretical linguistics, is an appropriate response to the challenge of explaining real linguistic data in terms of the processes that underpin human language.

Keywords: Artificial Life, Language Evolution, Computer Simulation

@article{kirby02naturalLanguage,
  author={Simon Kirby},
  title={Natural Language from Artificial Life},
  journal={Artificial Life},
  year={2002},
  volume={8},
  number={2},
  pages={185--215},
  url={http://groups.lis.illinois.edu/amag/langev/paper/kirby02naturalLanguage.html},
  keywords={Artificial Life, Language Evolution, Computer Simulation}
}