The Computational Nature of Language Learning and Evolution

by Partha Niyogi

The introduction of a mathematical and computational framework within which to analyze the interplay between language learning and language evolution.

The nature of the interplay between language learning and the evolution of a language over generational time is subtle. We can observe the learning of language by children and marvel at the phenomenon of language acquisition; the evolution of a language, however, is not so directly experienced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262513390
• ISBN13: 9780262513395
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher