Cognitive approaches to creativity in language-change.
Matteo Di Cristofaro
Researcher, Lecturer
My research interests include language analysis, cognitive sciences, and Artificial Intelligence.
Publications
Pre-emptive interaction in language change and ontogeny: the case of [there is no NP]
This study is centred on the pre-emptive dimension of interactional exchanges. Dialogues are not merely characterised by information …
Entrenchment inhibition: Constructional change can be in competition with large-scale 're-compositional' creativity
This paper addresses creativity as inhibition of repetitive behaviour. We argue that entrenchment and constructional change can be in …
Dynamic resonance and social reciprocity in language change: the case of Good morrow
Entrenchment (i.e. Langacker, 1987) does not necessarily lead to predictable behaviour. This study aims at complementing the …
Talks
Preemptive interaction as trigger of language change and indicator of intersubjective reasoning - The case of [There is no NP]
This study tackles the preemptive dimension of interactional exchanges. Dialogues are not merely characterised by speech acts …
An evolutionary approach to information transmission - The semasiological change of the existential construction [there is no NP P]
This paper draws on the evolutionary model of linguistic acts as overt influence attempts (OIA) and co-act proposals (CAP) (cf. Reich …
Notions of (im)politeness and intersubjectivity
This paper critically explores how notions deployed in the theorisation of (im)politeness (a) are currently deployed or reflected in …