Why is language the way it is? How did language come to be this way? And why is our
species alone in having complex language? These are old unsolved questions that have …

" The most basic principle guiding [language] design is not communicative utility but
reproduction-theirs and ours... Languages are social and cultural entities that have evolved …

Cognitive linguists and psychologists have often argued that language is best understood as
an association network; however while the network view of language has had a significant …

Rapid progress in machine learning for natural language processing has the potential to
transform debates about how humans learn language. However, the learning environments …

Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the
wild, often failing to overcome even basic challenges, like obtaining food, building shelters …

Abstract Language exhibits striking systematic structure. Words are composed of
combinations of reusable sounds, and those words in turn are combined to form complex …

A work that reveals the profound links between the evolution, acquisition, and processing of
language, and proposes a new integrative framework for the language sciences. Language …

A novel cognitive theory of semantics that proposes that the meanings of words can be
described in terms of geometric structures. In The Geometry of Meaning, Peter Gärdenfors …

This book addresses a question fundamental to any discussion of grammatical theory and
grammatical variation: to what extent can principles of grammar be explained through …

In this book John A. Hawkins argues that major patterns of variation across languages are
structured by general principles of efficiency in language use and communication. Evidence …