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Complex Adaptive Systems and the Origins of Adaptive Structure: What Experiments Can Tell Us
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Cornish, Hannah; Tamariz, Monica; Kirby, Simon – Language Learning, 2009
Language is a product of both biological and cultural evolution. Clues to the origins of key structural properties of language can be found in the process of cultural transmission between learners. Recent experiments have shown that iterated learning by human participants in the laboratory transforms an initially unstructured artificial language…
Descriptors: Evolution, Figurative Language, Interpersonal Communication, Cultural Influences