Computational modeling plays an essential role in the study of language emergence. It aims
to simulate the conditions and learning processes that could trigger the emergence of a …

General principles of human cognition can help to explain why languages are more likely to
have certain characteristics than others: structures that are difficult to process or produce will …

Human language provides a highly efficient communication system, which emerged due to
cultural interactions. To understand this still mysterious process, various interdisciplinary …

A cornerstone of experimental studies in language evolution has been iterated artificial
language learning: studies where participants learn of artificial 'alien'languages, and the …

Traditionally, diachronic language change has been attributed to intra-linguistic factors,
which, in analogy to genetic drift, result in diversification of languages as a consequence of …

A well‐trod debate at the nexus of cognitive science and linguistics, the so‐called past tense
debate, has examined how rules and exceptions are individually acquired (McClelland & …

Abstract Language is one of only a handful of human cultural systems that is both unique to
our species, and universal. This chapter will focus on the cultural evolution of language …

As evidence from sign languages is increasingly used to investigate the process of
language emergence and evolution, it is important to understand the conditions that allow …

The expressive power of natural languages depends on their regular compositional
structure, which allows us to express and understand an infinite set of messages. However …

Abstract Language is one of only a handful of human cultural systems that is both unique to
our species, and universal. This chapter will focus on the cultural evolution of language …