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