2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Language change and complex adaptive system-A study based on the historical data from English
| Project/Area Number |
20520453
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Tsurumi Junior College |
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Principal Investigator |
OGURA Mieko Tsurumi Junior College, 短期大学部・歯科衛生科, 教授 (60074291)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 言語変化 / 複雑適応体系 / 多義語 / スモールワールドネットワーク / 語の頻度 / 文法化 / 曖昧性 / 語順 |
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| Research Abstract |
I examined mechanisms of lexical diffusion in phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and lexicon in the history of English from a global perspective of complex adaptive system. Interesting principles have been proposed in an attempt to provide an underlying, unified theory of complex adaptive system. These include, selection, self-organization, scaling of parameters, robustness and networks of connections. I discussed that lexical diffusion is the fundamental mechanism of language evolution from the following perspectives : (1)dynamic dialectology and complex adaptive system,(2)small-world networks of the lexicon,(3)S-curve progress, snowball effectand word frequency and(4)ambiguity and robustness. I will publish a book Language Evolution and Complex Adaptive System from Peter Lang in 2011.
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