A Computational Approach to Analyzing Language Change and Variation in the Constructed Language Toki Pona
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| author | Huang, Daniel Joo, Hyoun-A |
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| contents | This study explores language change and variation in Toki Pona, a constructed language with approximately 120 core words. Taking a computational and corpus-based approach, the study examines features including fluid word classes and transitivity in order to examine (1) changes in preferences of content words for different syntactic positions over time and (2) variation in usage across different corpora. The results suggest that sociolinguistic factors influence Toki Pona in the same way as natural languages, and that even constructed linguistic systems naturally evolve as communities use them. |
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| spellingShingle | A Computational Approach to Analyzing Language Change and Variation in the Constructed Language Toki Pona Huang, Daniel Joo, Hyoun-A Computation and Language This study explores language change and variation in Toki Pona, a constructed language with approximately 120 core words. Taking a computational and corpus-based approach, the study examines features including fluid word classes and transitivity in order to examine (1) changes in preferences of content words for different syntactic positions over time and (2) variation in usage across different corpora. The results suggest that sociolinguistic factors influence Toki Pona in the same way as natural languages, and that even constructed linguistic systems naturally evolve as communities use them. |
| title | A Computational Approach to Analyzing Language Change and Variation in the Constructed Language Toki Pona |
| topic | Computation and Language |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10246 |