The evolutionary language game: An orthogonal approach

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 235, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 566-582

  Lenaerts, Tom ^a   Jansen, Bart ^b   Tuyls, Karl ^c   De Vylder, Bart ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cultural evolution; Evolutionary dynamics; Horizontal transmission; Language acquisition

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; LANGUAGE;

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH ARTICULATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

EVOLUTION; GAME THEORY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VOCABULARY;

EID: 20344373429     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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