The origins of syntax: From navigation to language

Connection Science

Volumn 17, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 271-288

  Bartlett, Mark ^a   Kazakov, Dimitar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer simulations; Evolution; Language faculty; Navigation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; CONTEXT-FREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EVOLUTION; HUMAN LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE FACULTY; MINIMUM EFFORTS; SELECTIVE PRESSURE;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERIMENTS; SYNTACTICS;

NAVIGATION;

EID: 27744512784     PISSN: 09540091     EISSN: 13600494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540090500282479     Document Type: Review

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