The emergence and evolution of linguistic structure: From lexical to grammatical communication systems

Connection Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 213-230

  Steels, Luc ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b SONY COMPUTER SCIENCE LABORATORY   (France)

Author keywords

Language evolution; Multi agent learning; Semiotic dynamics

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE MODELLING; EVOLUTION OF LANGUAGES; LANGUAGE EVOLUTION; LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE; MULTI-AGENT LEARNING; SELF ORGANIZATIONS;

EID: 27744471532     PISSN: 09540091     EISSN: 13600494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540090500269088     Document Type: Review

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