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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954305803321

Titolo

Experiments in cultural language evolution / / edited by Luc Steels

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012

ISBN

9786613592873

9781280497643

1280497645

9789027274953

9027274959

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Collana

Advances in interaction studies, , 1879-873X ; ; v. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

SteelsLuc

Disciplina

306.44

Soggetti

Anthropological linguistics

Linguistic paleontology

Language and languages - Origin

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Emergence of perceptually grounded vocabularies -- pt. 2. Emergence of grammatical systems.

Sommario/riassunto

The fascinating question of the origins and evolution of language has been drawing a lot of attention recently, not only from linguists, but also from anthropologists, evolutionary biologists, and brain scientists. This groundbreaking book explores the cultural side of language evolution. It proposes a new overarching framework based on linguistic selection and self-organization and explores it in depth through sophisticated computer simulations and robotic experiments. Each case study investigates how a particular type of language system can emerge in a population of language game playing age