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Generative Oscillation

A Cognitive Model for the Emergence of Language

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Thorold May

University of Melbourne

Generative Oscillation -- A Cognitive Model for the Emergence of Language
© copyright Thorold May 1994, 2004    All Rights Reserved
pre-published by The Plain & Fancy Language Company   ACN 1116240S  Melbourne, Australia

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note 1: This document is about 50,000 words. It was work done towards a PhD in Cognitive Linguistics at the University of Melbourne (part-time) between mid-1990 and 1994. The research was put aside for some time but is now continuing (2004). The original thesis topic was Formulas, Repetition, Substitution & Ellipsis in Discourse Organization: the Limits of Creativity in Language. Research led to the present model.

note 2: The GO model proposes a co-generative view of the emergence of language which has, as far as I know, not been suggestd before in linguistics. Some conventional linguists may find it a bit "off the wall" (one reason for my decision to withdraw from the PhD program), but the paradigm could well be quite productive). My present views (2004) about some elements of this theory have evolved somewhat. For example, recent work on neural networks leads me to a much more nuranced view of "encapsulation" as discussed here. The terminology applying to what the GO model explores is also likely to be modified substantially in the future.

note 3: The early chapters on the GO model are heavily influenced by one particular book: Varela, Thompson & Rosch 1991 The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science & Human Experience, which sparked many of my own ideas. The final work will obviously require greater referencing depth. Later, more conventionally linguistic chapters are not yet fully integrated with GO, and some are little more than outlines.


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The Generative Oscillation Model

Thorold May