Agent-based models for the emergence and evolution of grammar

Human languages are extraordinarily complex adaptive systems. They feature intricate hierarchical sound structures, are able to express elaborate meanings and use sophisticated syntactic and semantic structures to relate sound to meaning. What are the cognitive mechanisms that speakers and listeners...

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Published in:Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological sciences 2016-08, Vol.371 (1701), p.20150447-20150447
Main Author: Steels, Luc
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Agent-Based Models
Biological Evolution
Emergence Of Grammar
Fluid Construction Grammar
Grammaticalization
Humans
Language
Language Evolution
Linguistics
Major Transitions In Evolution
Models, Theoretical
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Emergence Of Grammar
Fluid Construction Grammar
Grammaticalization
Humans
Language
Language Evolution
Linguistics
Major Transitions In Evolution
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