Signalling signalhood and the emergence of communication

Cognition

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 226-233

  Scott Phillips, Thomas C ^a   Kirby, Simon ^a   Ritchie, Graham R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common ground; Communication; Communicative intent; Dialogue; Embodied communication game; Embodiment; Emergence of communication; Evolution; Language; Symbolism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMBOLISM;

ALGORITHMS; COMMUNICATION; GAME THEORY; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 70349823186     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2009.08.009     Document Type: Article

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