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Heuristics for New Language

2025-04-15

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<p>How do we create new language? Drawing on the observation that some languages—such as Pirahã—are almost entirely without a number system, this work explores what other features of human language could be fundamental yet remain unrealized. We propose the super language framework, a modular approach for iterating new forms (e.g. phonetic or morphological containers) and interpretations (e.g. semantic or pragmatic...

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0043bb19-b02d-5a3a-b9d2-45b49907b4d4
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10.31234/osf.io/mcx93_v1
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