Published In
Applied General Systems Research
Document Type
Post-Print
Publication Date
1978
Subjects
System theory, Problem solving
Abstract
The ubiquity of hierarchical order is obvious, and the obvious is hard to explain, but a number of workers [1] have suggested the possibility of constructing a theory (or cluster of theories), rooted in such disciplines as thermodynamics, information theory, topology, and logic, which might reveal the underlying unity of a wide variety of branching and multi-level systems. It is the purpose of this paper to contribute to both the empirical and theoretical aspects of this discussion, by examining levels of structure and function in molecular biology and linguistics, and by developing, from parallelisms between these two areas, a hierarchical model of possibly greater generality.
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© Springer Science+Business Media New York 1978
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DOI
10.1007/978-1-4757-0555-3_39
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/36178
Citation Details
Published as: Zwick M. (1978) Some Analogies of Hierarchical Order in Biology and Linguistics. In: Klir G.J. (eds) Applied General Systems Research. NATO Conference Series, vol 5. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0555-3_39
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Part of the NATO Conference Series book series (NATOCS, volume 5).
This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Applied General Systems Research. NATO Conference Series, vol 5. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Applied General Systems Research. NATO Conference Series, vol 5. DOI:10.1007/978-1-4757-0555-3_39