This article adopts the category game model, which simulates the origins and evolution of linguistic categories in a group of artificial agents, to evaluate the effect of social structure on linguistic categorization. Based on the simulation results in a number of typical networks, we examine the isolating and collective effects of some structural features, including average degree, shortcuts, and level of centrality, on the categorization process. This study extends the previous simulations mainly on lexical evolution, and illustrates a general framework to systematically explore the effect of social structure on language evolution.

Exploring the Roles of Complex Networks in Linguistic Categorization / Tao, Gong; Andrea, Baronchelli; Andrea, Puglisi; Loreto, Vittorio. - In: ARTIFICIAL LIFE. - ISSN 1064-5462. - STAMPA. - 18:1(2012), pp. 107-121. [10.1162/artl_a_00051]

Exploring the Roles of Complex Networks in Linguistic Categorization

LORETO, Vittorio
2012

Abstract

This article adopts the category game model, which simulates the origins and evolution of linguistic categories in a group of artificial agents, to evaluate the effect of social structure on linguistic categorization. Based on the simulation results in a number of typical networks, we examine the isolating and collective effects of some structural features, including average degree, shortcuts, and level of centrality, on the categorization process. This study extends the previous simulations mainly on lexical evolution, and illustrates a general framework to systematically explore the effect of social structure on language evolution.
2012
category game; complex networks; computer simulation
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Exploring the Roles of Complex Networks in Linguistic Categorization / Tao, Gong; Andrea, Baronchelli; Andrea, Puglisi; Loreto, Vittorio. - In: ARTIFICIAL LIFE. - ISSN 1064-5462. - STAMPA. - 18:1(2012), pp. 107-121. [10.1162/artl_a_00051]
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