README.md

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🧠 E&C Model Interactive Platform

Entrenchment & Conventionalization Visual Demonstration

This Space provides an interactive visualization of Hans-Jörg Schmid’s Entrenchment & Conventionalization (E&C) Model, showing how individual cognition (Entrenchment) and community diffusion (Conventionalization) jointly shape linguistic behavior.

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🌟 Features

🔹 1. Single-Expression Analysis

Enter any expression (e.g., kind of, 内卷, sort of) to visualize:

• Entrenchment curve (E)
• Conventionalization curve (C)
• Frequency-driven curve transformation
• Automatic linguistic explanation
• Summary based on Schmid’s E&C theory

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🔹 2. Two-Expression Comparison

Compare two expressions:

• Overlaid Entrenchment curves
• Overlaid Conventionalization curves
• E-curve heatmap difference
• Auto-generated expert interpretation

This helps visualize how usage frequency affects cognitive automation and social adoption.

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📊 Visual Components

• Sigmoid-shaped Entrenchment curves
• Logistic adoption curves for Conventionalization
• Heatmap showing differential entrenchment
• Clean card-style UI with gradient background

Note: The current version uses mock frequencies for stable execution.
A real-corpus version (Wikipedia/BookCorpus/OSCAR) can be added later.

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📸 Screenshot (Optional)

Add your screenshot here in the future:

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🎯 Purpose

This app is designed for:

• Cognitive linguistics courses
• Usage-based grammar visualization
• Pragmatics & discourse analysis
• Translation studies
• Educational presentations
• Linguistic research demonstrations

It shows how usage → entrenchment → conventionalization → linguistic stability.

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🛠️ Tech Stack

• Python
• Gradio 3.x
• Matplotlib
• NumPy
• Custom CSS

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📁 File Structure

app.py              # Main Gradio application
requirements.txt    # Dependencies
README.md           # This documentation

(Optional future files)

data/
    word_freq.csv   # Optional: real corpus frequencies

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📘 Theory: E&C Model Overview

Entrenchment (E) — Individual level

• Increased automaticity through repeated use
• Higher frequency → steeper curve

Conventionalization (C) — Community level

• Social diffusion and shared acceptance
• Faster rise → quicker normalization

Dynamic Loop

According to Schmid:

Individual repetition strengthens social convention;
social convention increases repetition.

This feedback loop stabilizes linguistic structures.

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📚 Reference

Schmid, H.-J. (2020).
The Dynamics of the Linguistic System: Usage, Conventionalization, and Entrenchment.
Oxford University Press.

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🚀 Future Extensions

• Real-corpus frequency mode
• Historical diffusion curves (Google Ngram)
• Collostruction analysis
• Semantic similarity comparison
• Language evolution simulation

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❤️ Acknowledgements

This tool was created for linguistic visualization, cognitive linguistics education, and research demonstration.
Thank you for exploring the E&C Model Interactive Platform!