Semiotic Dynamics and Emergent Grammar

1-day satellite workshop related to the European Conference of Complex
Systems, Paris (France), 18 November 2005

For more detailed information, see: http://www.csl.sony.fr/emergent/

Topic:

The emergence of grammar remains one of the most challenging puzzles
of science. The key question is how there could be true level
formation, i.e. how a layer of syntactic and semantic categories and
constructions could arise to establish form-meaning mappings. The goal
of the workshop is to present and discuss empirical examples of the
emergence of new grammar, computer/robotic simulations of experiments
where such forms of emergence can be seen, or theoretical analysis of
self-organisation in language. Attempts will also be made to look at
level formation in other complex systems (particularly biology) and to
see whether a generic theory of level formation is possible.
Computational and robotic demonstrations form an important part of the
workshop.

Call for demonstrations:

If you are interested in giving a demonstration, please contact Remi
van Trijp (remi@...).