Abstract:

The human vowel system shows a remarkable universal rule. The research on human vowel system evolution and its computation is both part of a larger research effort into understanding the nature of intelligence, and an important issue in life and linguistics research areas. There is almost no literature to our knowledge in our country, whereas  research has become a hotspot abroad. First, the weakness of an existing human vowel system evolutionary model was analyzed. Then, meme theory and cultural evolution were described.Sequentially, vowel formants independent of specific language were given and synthesis function from vowel’s tongue position and lip roundness to vowel formants was constructed. Finally, a computational model blending vertical structure (inheritance) and horizontal structure (communication) for a human vowel system evolution was brought forward based on meme theory. Simulation experimental results indicated the effectiveness,   illustrated the universal and the rule of the human vowel system from both macro and micro levels.

Key words: meme, human voewl system evolution, cultural evolution, multi-agents, inheritance, communication