New book announcement:
Cangelosi A. & Parisi D. (Eds.) (2001). Simulating the Evolution of
Language. London: Springer.
http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/soc/staff/angelo/book2001-TOC.html
SUMMARY
This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the computational models
and
methodologies used for studying the origin and evolution of language and
communication. With contributions from the most influential figures in
the
field, Simulating the Evolution of Language presents and summarises
current
computational approaches to language evolution and highlights new lines
of
development. Among the main discussion points are:
· Analysis of emerging linguistic behaviours and structures
· Demonstration of the strict interaction and interdependence between
language and other non-linguistic abilities
· Direct comparisons between simulation studies and empirical research
Essential reading for researchers and students in the areas of
evolutionary
and adaptive systems, language evolution, modelling and linguistics, it
will also be of particular interest to computer scientists working on
multi-agent systems, robotics and internet agents.
TABLE OF CONTENT
PART I INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: Computer Simulation: A New Scientific Approach to the Study of
Language Evolution
Angelo Cangelosi & Domenico Parisi
Chapter 2: An Introduction to Methods for Simulating the Evolution of
Language
Huck Turner
PART II EVOLUTION OF SIGNALING SYSTEMS
Chapter 3: Adaptive Factors in the Evolution of Signaling Systems
Jason Noble, Ezequiel Di Paolo, Seth Bullock
Chapter 4: Evolving Sound Systems
Bart De Boer
Chapter 5: The Evolution of Dialect Diversity
Daniel Livingstone
PART III EVOLUTION OF SYNTAX
Chapter 6: The Emergence of Linguistic Structure: An Overview of the
Iterated Learning Model
Simon Kirby & Jim Hurford
Chapter 7: Population Dynamics of Grammar Acquisition
Natalia L. Komarova & Martin A. Nowak
Chapter 8: The role of sequential learning in language evolution:
Computational and experimental studies
Morten Christiansen, Michelle R. Ellefson, Christopher M. Conway & Rick
A.C. Dale
PART IV GROUNDING OF LANGUAGE
Chapter 9: Symbol Grounding and the Symbolic Theft Hypothesis
Angelo Cangelosi, Alberto Greco & Stevan Harnad
Chapter 10: Grounding Symbols through Evolutionary Language Games
Luc Steels
PART V BEHAVIORAL AND NEURAL FACTORS
Chapter 11: Grounding the Mirror System Hypothesis for the Evolution of
the
Language-ready Brain
Michael Arbib
Chapter 12: A Unified Simulation Scenario for Language Development,
Evolution, and Historical Change
Domenico Parisi & Angelo Cangelosi
PART VI BEHAVIORAL AND NEURAL FACTORS
Chapter 13: Auto-Organisation and Emergence of Shared Language Structure
Edwin Hutchins & Brian Hazlehurst
Chapter 14: The constructive approach to the dynamical view of language
Takashi Hashimoto (
PART VII CONCLUSION
Chapter 15: Some Facts about Primate (including Human) Communication and
Social Learning
Michael Tomasello
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