Modeling the emergence of lexicons in homesign systems

Topics in Cognitive Science

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 183-195

  Richie, Russell ^a   Yang, Charles ^b   Coppola, Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Conventionalization; Homesign; Language emergence; Lexicon; Sign language; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGENT-BASED MODELING; ARTICLE; BOOK; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONALIZATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOMESIGN; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE EMERGENCE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

AGENT-BASED MODELING; CONVENTIONALIZATION; HOMESIGN; LANGUAGE EMERGENCE; LEXICON; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SIGN LANGUAGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893170448     PISSN: 17568757     EISSN: 17568765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tops.12076     Document Type: Article

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