Self-organization in vowel systems
Self-organization in vowel systems
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DOI：
10.1006/jpho.2000.0125
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发表时间：
2000-10-01
影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
de Boer, B
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作者：
de Boer, B
本文提出了一种计算机模拟的元音系统的出现在人口的代理。智能体（自主运行的小型计算机程序）配备了一个逼真的发音合成器，一个人类感知模型，以及模仿和学习他们听到的声音的能力。结果表明，由于代理之间的相互作用，由于自组织，现实的元音剧目出现。这发生在大量不同的参数设置下，因此似乎是一个非常稳健的现象。出现的元音系统与人类语言中的元音系统有着显著的相似性。有人认为，自组织可能起着重要的作用，在确定人类语言的元音库存和先天的倾向可能是没有必要解释人类元音系统的普遍趋势。(C)北京大学出版社.
This paper presents a computer simulation of the emergence of vowel systems in a population of agents. The agents (small computer programs that operate autonomously) are equipped with a realistic articulatory synthesizer, a model of human perception and the ability to imitate and learn sounds they hear. It is shown that due to the interactions between the agents and due to self-organization, realistic vowel repertoires emerge. This happens under a large number of different parameter settings and therefore seems to be a very robust phenomenon. The emerged vowel systems show remarkable similarities with the vowel systems found in human languages. It is argued that self-organization probably plays an important role in determining the vowel inventories of human languages and that innate predispositions are probably not necessary to explain the universal tendencies of human vowel systems. (C) 2000 Academic Press.