How can we explain the emergence of a language that benefits the hearer but not the speaker?

Connection Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 307-324

  Mirolli, Marco ^a,b   Parisi, Domenico ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alturism; Docility theory; Kin selection; Language evolution; Neutral networks; Talking to oneself

Indexed keywords

ALTURISM; DOCILITY THEORY; KIN SELECTION; LANGUAGE EVOLUTION; NEUTRAL NETWORK; TALKING TO ONESELF;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 27744469302     PISSN: 09540091     EISSN: 13600494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540090500177539     Document Type: Review

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