Sp[i]CALU: A Dynamical Systems Model of the Creative Aspect of Language Use

• Main Author: Lichtenstein, Patricia
• Format: Dissertation
• Language: English
• Published: ProQuest LLC 2017; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses
• Subjects: Cognitive psychology; Creative Thinking; Creativity; Language Usage; Language use; Linguistics; Mathematical models; Retention (Psychology); Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950); Systems Approach; Test validity and reliability

In this dissertation I present research on the creative aspect of language use. I focus on Blind Variation and Selective Retention, a process whereby a creative system produces an outcome by first generating with no imposed constraints all variant outcomes and then retains from these variegated cand...