Angelo Cagelosi and Domenico Parisi (Eds)

Simulating the Evolution of language

Springer, 2002

pp. 355

 

INDICE

List of Contributors

Part 1: Introduction

1.  Computer Simulations: A New Scientific Approach to the Study of    Language Evolution
   Angelo Cangelosi and Domenico Parisi

2.  An Introduction to Methods for Simulating the Evolution of    Language
   Huck Turner

Part II: Evolution of Signaling Systems

3.  Adaptive Factors in the Evolution of Signaling Systems
   Jason Noble, Ezequiel A. Di paolo and Seth Bullock

4.  Evolving Sound Systems
   Bart de Boer

5.  The Evolution of Dialect Diversity
   Daniel Livingstone

Part III: Evolution of Syntax

6.  The Emergence of Linguistic Structure:
   An Overview of the Iterated Learning Model
   Simon Kirby and James R. Hurford

7.  Population Dynamics of Grammar Acquisition
   Natalia L. Komarova and Martin A. Nowak

8.  The Role of Sequential Learning in Language Evolution:
   Computational and Experimental Studies
   Morten H. christiansen, Rick A.C. Dale, Michelle R. Ellefson and    Christofer M. Conway

Part IV: Grounding of Language

9.  Symbol Grounding and the SymbolicTheft Hypothesis
   Angelo Cangelosi, Alberto greco and Stevan Harnad

10. Grounding Symbols through Evolutionary Language Games
   Luc Steels

Part V: Behavioral and Neural Factors

11. Grounding the Mirrow System Hypothesis for the Evolution of the    Language-ready Brain
   Michael A. Arbib

12. A Unified Simulation Scenario for Language Development, Evolution,    and Historical Change
   Domenico Parisi and Angelo Cangelosi

Part VI: Auto-organization and Dynamic Factors

13. Auto-organization and Emergence of Shared Language Structure
   Edwin Hutchins and Brian Hazlehurst
14. The Constructive Approach to the Dynamic View of Language
   Takashi Hashimoto

Part VII: Conclusion

15. Some Facts about Primate (including Human) Communication and    Social Learning
   Michael Tomasello

Author Index
Subject Index