How to bootstrap a human communication system

Cognitive Science

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1356-1367

  Fay, Nicolas ^a   Arbib, Michael ^b   Garrod, Simon ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping communication; Gesture; Icons; Language evolution; Language origin; Signs; Symbols; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; ICONS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE EVOLUTION; LANGUAGE ORIGIN; MALE; SIGNS; SPEECH; SYMBOLS; VOCALIZATION;

BOOTSTRAPPING COMMUNICATION; GESTURE; ICONS; LANGUAGE EVOLUTION; LANGUAGE ORIGIN; SIGNS; SYMBOLS; VOCALIZATION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; SPEECH;

EID: 84883654096     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12048     Document Type: Article

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