What’s
going on?
lThere is no biological evolution in the ILM.
lThere isn’t even any communication; no notion of function in model at all.
lSo, why are structured languages evolving?
lHypothesis:
Languages themselves are
evolving to the conditions of the ILM in order that they are
learnable.
lOnly rules that are generalisable from
limited exposure are
stable.
lThe poverty of the stimulus ensures that holistic expressions cannot survive.