The evolutionary language game

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-162

  Nowak, Martin A ^a   Plotkin, Joshua B ^a   Krakauer, David C ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033592301     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1999.0981     Document Type: Article

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