AI Memos (1959 - 2004): Recent submissions

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    • A Dynamical Systems Model for Language Change 

      Niyogi, Partha; Berwick, Robert (1995-12-01)
      Formalizing linguists' intuitions of language change as a dynamical system, we quantify the time course of language change including sudden vs. gradual changes in languages. We apply the computer model to the historical ...

    • Verb Classes and Alternations in Bangla, German, English, and Korean 

      Jones, Douglas A.; Berwick, Robert C.; Cho, Franklin; Khan, Zeeshan; Kohl, Karen T.; e.a. (1996-05-06)
      In this report, we investigate the relationship between the semantic and syntactic properties of verbs. Our work is based on the English Verb Classes and Alternations of (Levin, 1993). We explore how these classes are ...

    • The Logical Problem of Language Change 

      Niyogi, Partha; Berwick, Robert (1995-12-01)
      This paper considers the problem of language change. Linguists must explain not only how languages are learned but also how and why they have evolved along certain trajectories and not others. While the language ...