Grounding symbols in the physics of speech communication

Interaction Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-30

  Worgan, S F ^a   Damper, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergent phenomena; Multi agent simulation; Origins of speech sounds; Self organisation; Signal grounding; Symbol grounding

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049123171     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.8.1.03wor     Document Type: Conference Paper

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