Explaining color term typology with an evolutionary model

Cognitive Science

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-132

  Dowman, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basic color terms; Bayesian inference; Cultural evolution; Iterated learning model; Typology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947411475     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03640210709336986     Document Type: Article

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