【專題演講】 講題：Emergence of linguistic structure from a complex system perspective 講者：黃宣範 名譽教授（台灣大學語言學研究所） 時間：2016年4月18日(一)14:00-16:00 地點：中正大學文學院144國際會議廳 Abstract: In this talk I focus on the concept of emergence, and on linguistic structure emerging from discourse. Structureis not immanent in a language, but emerges through repetition of favored word groupings in discourse. Language is a phenomenon that exhibits apparent structure and regularity of patterning while at the same time showing considerable variation at all levels. Since a speaker’s linguistic knowledge is grounded in language use. In this usage-based approach to grammar, grammar is seen as a dynamic system that emerges from frequently occurring patterns in language use. Thus a theory of language should focus on the processes that create languages and give them both their structure and their variance. Emergence is an ongoing process of structuration, and thus emergent structures are unstable and are manifested stochastically. Mental representations are sensitive and constantly adapting and responding to discourse and to usage. It follows that accounts of grammatical structure must take note of how language use and frequency effects affect linguistic structure and mental representation. Examples from aspects of Chinese grammar will be used to illustrate the emergence of linguistic structure. --

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