ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the potential of bottom-up generative processes in the context of conlang production, describes the basis of a new field of research: Self-Organized Linguistic Systems (SOLS). It analyzes the existing constructed languages, under the label of synthetic conlangs, and the value provided by each one of them. The chapter explains historical and technical reasons for the design of synthetic conlangs and examines some of the advantages and disadvantages of them. It discusses how traditional ways of knowledge representation can be overtaken under the design of unconventional systems, and describes how language can be revisited with new systems of representation that go beyond the visual and audible options and become multidimensional. The chapter provides possible implementations and further developments of the initially presented concepts. It shows how SOLS can be developed with bi-dimensional games and simulations. Non-interactive agent-based SOLS can allow artificial agents to independently evolve emergent languages as part of their self-organizing or adaptation processes.
