Simulating
the Evolution of Language
Angelo
Cangelosi &
Domenico
Parisi
(Eds.)
London: Springer
Verlag (2001)
Summary (pdf
file)
This volume provides a
comprehensive survey of computational models and methodologies used for studying
the origin and evolution of language and communication. With contributions from the most
influential figures in the field, Simulating the Evolution of Language presents
and summarises current computational approaches to language evolution and
highlights new lines of development. Among the main discussion points
are:
·
Analysis of emerging
linguistic behaviours and structures
·
Demonstration of the strict
interaction and interdependence between language and other non-linguistic
abilities
·
Direct comparisons between
simulation studies and empirical research
Essential reading for
researchers and students in the areas of evolutionary and adaptive systems,
language evolution, modelling and linguistics, it will also be of particular
interest to computer scientists working on multi-agent systems, robotics and
internet agents.
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Table of Content (pdf
file)
PART I
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: Computer
Simulation: A New Scientific Approach to the Study of Language
Evolution
Angelo Cangelosi (University of Plymouth)
& Domenico Parisi (CNR,
Rome)
Chapter 2: An Introduction
to Methods for Simulating the Evolution of Language
Huck Turner (University of
Plymouth)
PART II EVOLUTION OF SIGNALING
SYSTEMS
Chapter 3: Adaptive Factors
in the Evolution of Signaling Systems
Jason Noble (University of Leeds),
Ezequiel Di Paolo (University of
Sussex), Seth
Bullock (University of
Leeds)
Chapter 4: Evolving Sound
Systems
Bart De Boer (Vrije Universiteit
Brussel)
Chapter 5: The Evolution of
Dialect Diversity
Daniel Livingstone (University of
Paisley, UK)
PART III EVOLUTION OF
SYNTAX
Chapter 6: The Emergence of
Linguistic Structure: An Overview of the Iterated Learning
Model
Simon Kirby & Jim
Hurford (University of
Edinburgh)
Chapter 7: Population
Dynamics of Grammar Acquisition
Natalia L. Komarova &
Martin A.
Nowak (Institute of Advanced
Studies, USA)
Chapter 8: The role of
sequential learning in language evolution: Computational and experimental
studies
Morten Christiansen (Cornell
University, USA),
Rick A.C.
Dale (Cornell University), Michelle R.
Ellefson (Southern Illinois University) & Christopher
M. Conway (Cornell University)
PART IV GROUNDING OF
LANGUAGE
Chapter 9: Symbol Grounding
and the Symbolic Theft Hypothesis
Angelo Cangelosi (University of Plymouth),
Alberto Greco (University of Genoa)
& Stevan Harnad (University of
Southampton)
Chapter 10: Grounding
Symbols through Evolutionary Language Games
Luc Steels (SONY CSL,
Paris)
PART V BEHAVIORAL AND NEURAL
FACTORS
Chapter 11: Grounding the
Mirror System Hypothesis for the Evolution of the Language-ready
Brain
Michael Arbib (University of Southern
California)
Chapter 12: A Unified
Simulation Scenario for Language Development, Evolution, and Historical
Change
Domenico Parisi (CNR, Rome) &
Angelo Cangelosi (University of
Plymouth)
PART VI BEHAVIORAL AND NEURAL
FACTORS
Chapter 13:
Auto-Organisation and Emergence of Shared Language
Structure
Edwin Hutchins (University of California
at San Diego) & Brian Hazlehurst (Kaiser Permanente Center
for Health Research,.USA)
Chapter 14: The
constructive approach to the dynamical view of
language
Takashi Hashimoto (Japan Advanced
Institute of Science and Technology)
PART VII
CONCLUSION
Chapter 15: Some Facts
about Primate (including Human) Communication and Social
Learning
Michael Tomasello (Emory
University, USA)
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