Catastrophe theoretical models in semantics

A catastrophe is a type of instability in a simple dynamic system whose unfolding (=evolution) is structurally stable. Examples of commonly experienced catastrophes are sudden changes in a real system, e.g. switches between two states in a buckling plate or the breakdown of stability as in a bridge which collapses. These physical models show the direction for more abstract models as in the case of language (cf. Wildgen, 1990). 1.1 Order phenomena in the ecology of man

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