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. 2016 Apr;8(2):353-60.
doi: 10.1111/tops.12204.

New Frontiers in Language Evolution and Development

D Kimbrough Oller  1   2   3 , Rick Dale  4 , Ulrike Griebel  2   3
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New Frontiers in Language Evolution and Development

D Kimbrough Oller et al. Top Cogn Sci. 2016 Apr.

Abstract

This article introduces the Special Issue and its focus on research in language evolution with emphasis on theory as well as computational and robotic modeling. A key theme is based on the growth of evolutionary developmental biology or evo-devo. The Special Issue consists of 13 articles organized in two sections: A) Theoretical foundations and B) Modeling and simulation studies. All the papers are interdisciplinary in nature, encompassing work in biological and linguistic foundations for the study of language evolution as well as a variety of computational and robotic modeling efforts shedding light on how language may be developed and may have evolved.

Keywords: Developmental systems; Evo-devo; Evolution of language.

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