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This work aims to establish a comprehensive ontology of language and symbols based on Energy-Efficiency Theory.

June 1, 2026Open Access

The Ontology of Language and Symbols: Transmission Validity: Cross-System Transfer of Cognitive Constraints

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This work aims to establish a comprehensive ontology of language and symbols based on Energy-Efficiency Theory.
Formalization of the Model Energy Efficiency Ratio (MEER) and derivation of four optimal protocol theorems.
Analysis of language degradation as expressed through semantic inflation and grammatical fossilization.
Introduction of refinements and paradoxes in the operation of language protocols.
Establishment that language serves as an evolutionarily stable strategy under finite energy constraints.
Reevaluation of semantic inflation as indicative of a low-MEER state.
Identification of three operational sources of meaning divergence in language.

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Theoretical exploration of language transmission validity amidst cognitive constraints, suggesting language's evolutionary roots.

Hongpu Yang (2026) studied this question.

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