Journal of Computer and System Sciences
Computing with cells and atoms: an introduction to quantum, DNA and membrane computing
Computing with cells and atoms: an introduction to quantum, DNA and membrane computing
Grammar Systems: A Grammatical Approach to Distribution and Cooperation
Grammar Systems: A Grammatical Approach to Distribution and Cooperation
Membrane Computing: An Introduction
Membrane Computing: An Introduction
Preliminaries about Some Possible Applications of P Systems in Linguistics
WMC-CdeA '02 Revised Papers from the International Workshop on Membrane Computing
Membrane computing as a modeling framework: cellular systems case studies
SFM'08 Proceedings of the Formal methods for the design of computer, communication, and software systems 8th international conference on Formal methods for computational systems biology
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An application of membrane systems to natural languages study is presented. Specifically, we show how language change can be explained by using a new variant of membrane systems: Dynamic Meaning Membrane Systems (DMMS). By using DMMS, we model the main concepts of semantics and explain the three basic types of changes in meaning: broadening, narrowing and shift. Finally, we relate the membrane systems' application to language evolution with the suggested application of the so-called cultural grammar systems to the same topic. Collaboration between the two frameworks may provide a useful formalism that, due to its naturalness and simplicity, might offer interesting results in a discipline traditionally far away from any formalization.