Self-organization and selection in the emergence of vocabulary

Complexity

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 41-54

  Ke, Jinyun ^a   Minett, James W ^a   Au, Ching Pong ^a   Wang, William S Y ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Emergence; Language evolution; Selection; Self organization; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029281048     PISSN: 10762787     EISSN: 10990526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cplx.10030     Document Type: Article

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