A Language Strategy for Aspect: Encoding Aktionsarten through Morphology Book Chapter
Steels, Luc (Ed.): Experiments in Cultural Language Evolution, pp. 257–276, John Benjamins Publishing Company, Netherlands, 2012, ISBN: 978-90-272-0456-1, (Kerstin Dautenhahn, Angelo Cangelosi).
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abstract = {This chapter explores a possible language strategy for verbalizing aspect: the encoding of Aktionsarten by means of morphological markers. The Russian tense-aspect system is used as a model. We first operationalize this system and reconstruct the learning operators needed for acquiring it. Then we perform a first language formation experiment in which a novel system of Aktionsarten emerges and gets coordinated between agents, driven by a need for higher expressivity.},
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This chapter explores a possible language strategy for verbalizing aspect: the encoding of Aktionsarten by means of morphological markers. The Russian tense-aspect system is used as a model. We first operationalize this system and reconstruct the learning operators needed for acquiring it. Then we perform a first language formation experiment in which a novel system of Aktionsarten emerges and gets coordinated between agents, driven by a need for higher expressivity.