• Title of article

    Review of: The Origin of Vowel Systems, Bart de Boer, xiii + 168 pp., Oxford University Press, 2001

  • Author/Authors

    Andrew D. M. Smith، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
  • Pages
    6
  • From page
    721
  • To page
    726
  • Abstract
    This book presents a comprehensive investigation into the emergence of sheared vowel systems in a population of simulated language users. De Boer shows clearly and convincingly how simple interactions between individuals can result in the development of linguistically plausible vowel systems, without any need for innate pre-specification or centralised control.
  • Keywords
    Vowel systems , Self-organisation , Language universals , Simulating language , Evolution of language
  • Journal title
    Lingua(International Review of General Linguistics)
  • Serial Year
    2007
  • Journal title
    Lingua(International Review of General Linguistics)
  • Record number

    1290542