Chapter 1 of this captivating work delves into the technical depths of modern linguistics, particularly focusing on the application of matrices and algorithms to syntactic theories. Drawing inspiration from influential figures such as Noam Chomsky, the author explores how language can be modeled using mathematical and Markovian systems, linking biolinguistics concepts with emerging theories in […]

Javier Díez and Juan Uriagereka, Editors

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Development Genes and Evolution 233 (2), 123-135 Domestication transforms once wild animals into tamed animals that can be then exploited by humans. The process entails modifications in the body, cognition, and behavior that are essentially driven by differences in gene expression patterns. Although genetic and epigenetic mechanisms were shown to underlie such differences, less is […]

Consonant and vowel categories, differing in distinctive features, interact into projected syllables. Noun and verb categories, also differing in distinctive (categorial) features, interact into projected phrases. Phrases to categorize (via featural distinctions of the A/A’, head/maxP sort) and interact into chains, thus regarded as super-projected structures. What is less obvious is whether these distinctions – […]

A keynote talk in the panel of Biolinguistics, the First International Conference on the Science of Language and the Brain

Frontiers in Language Sciences 2, 1107584 Classical syntactic features are revisited from an algebraic perspective, recalling a traditional argument that the ±N vs. ±V distinction involves correlated, conceptually orthogonal, features, which can be represented in the algebraic format of ±1 vs. ±i complementary elements in a vectorial space. Coupled with natural assumptions about shared information (semiotic) systems, such a space, […]

Juan Uriagereka will be hosting a screening and discussion of Arrival as part of the course Science & Society Via Film.

Philosophies 7 (5), 102 Verbs and nouns gear θ-dependencies, Case, agreement, or construal relations. Building on Chomsky’s 1974 decomposition of such categories into ±N, ±V features, by translating said features into ±1, ±i scalars that allow for the construction of a vector space, this paper studies the possibility of organizing said features into 2 × 2 […]

ReGrOC. Revista de Gramática Orientada a las Competencias 4 (1), 62-71 En este artículo resumimos brevemente y de manera no técnica varios avances recientes en el estudio del lenguaje desde la perspectiva de la física. En particular, comentamos resultados referentes a la equivalencia entre MERGE y renormalización, así como de la teoría de Matrix Syntax. […]