Social symbol grounding and language evolution

Interaction Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-52

  Vogt, Paul A ^a   Divina, Federico ^a,b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agent based modelling; Cross situational learning; Joint attention; Language evolution; Principle of contrast; Referential indeterminacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049141211     PISSN: 15720373     EISSN: 15720381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/is.8.1.04vog     Document Type: Conference Paper

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