Table of Contents
Indications and Grammar: Eyes and Outstretched fingers in a first generation emerging sign language
John b. Haviland
Improvisation, Interaction and Iteration in the Evolution of Linguistic Structure
Marieke Schouwstra, Yasmin Motamedi, Kenny Smith, Simon Kirby
Conventional Structure from Transformative Actions on Prior Gestures in an Emergent System
Ashley Micklos
Adaptors and the Turn-Taking Mechanism
Przemysław Żywiczyński, Sylwester Orzechowski & Sławomir Wacewicz
Repetitive Mutual Hypothesizing Induces Change of Symbol Systems in Graphical Communication
Kaori Tamura & Takashi Hashimoto
Interaction Alone Cannot Support the Emergence of a Spatial Agreement System in a Paired Interaction Context
Emily Carrigan & Marie Coppola
Communication Without Prior Learning Inhibits the Emergence of Systematic Structure
Catriona Silvey, Molly Flaherty, Susan Goldin-Meadow, Simon Kirby, Kenny Smith
Exploring the Role of Interaction in the Emergence of Linguistic Structure
Vinicius Macuch Silva, Seán Roberts
Exploring the Role of Interaction in the Emergence of Linguistic Structure
Vinicius Macuch Silva & Seán Roberts
Abstract:
Iterated learning experiments show that pressures from communication and transmission can lead to the emergence of structure in language. However, languages are also supported by systems for turn taking (Levinson, 2016), sequence organization (Kendrick et al., 2014) and repair (Dingemanse & Enfield, 2015). It is therefore necessary to understand how these systems impact the emergence of structure in language. We discuss how experiments might investigate this and the wider role of interaction in language evolution.
Citation:
Macuch Silva V. & Roberts S. (2016) Exploring the Role of Interaction in the Emergence of Linguistic Structure. In S. Roberts & G. Mills (Eds.) Proceedings of EvoLang XI, Language Adapts to Interaction Workshop, 21 March, 2016. Available online: http://evolang.org/neworleans/workshops/papers/LATI_9.html
