Commonality and variation in mental representations of music revealed by a cross-cultural comparison of rhythm priors in 15 countries
Music is present in every known society but varies from place to place. What, if anything, is
universal to music cognition? We measured a signature of mental representations of rhythm …
universal to music cognition? We measured a signature of mental representations of rhythm …
Communicating artificial neural networks develop efficient color-naming systems
R Chaabouni, E Kharitonov… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Words categorize the semantic fields they refer to in ways that maximize communication
accuracy while minimizing complexity. Focusing on the well-studied color domain, we show …
accuracy while minimizing complexity. Focusing on the well-studied color domain, we show …
From partners to populations: A hierarchical Bayesian account of coordination and convention.
Languages are powerful solutions to coordination problems: They provide stable, shared
expectations about how the words we say correspond to the beliefs and intentions in our …
expectations about how the words we say correspond to the beliefs and intentions in our …
The forms and meanings of grammatical markers support efficient communication
Functionalist accounts of language suggest that forms are paired with meanings in ways that
support efficient communication. Previous work on grammatical marking suggests that word …
support efficient communication. Previous work on grammatical marking suggests that word …
Cultural evolution creates the statistical structure of language
Human language is unique in its structure: language is made up of parts that can be
recombined in a productive way. The parts are not given but have to be discovered by …
recombined in a productive way. The parts are not given but have to be discovered by …
[HTML][HTML] When do languages use the same word for different meanings? The Goldilocks principle in colexification
T Brochhagen, G Boleda - Cognition, 2022 - Elsevier
Lexical ambiguity is pervasive in language, and often systematic. For instance, the Spanish
word dedo can refer to a toe or a finger, that is, these two meanings colexify in Spanish; and …
word dedo can refer to a toe or a finger, that is, these two meanings colexify in Spanish; and …
Universality and cross-cultural variation in mental representations of music revealed by global comparison of rhythm priors
Music is present in every known society, yet varies from place to place. What is universal to
the perception of music? We measured a signature of mental representations of rhythm in …
the perception of music? We measured a signature of mental representations of rhythm in …
The evolution of color naming reflects pressure for efficiency: Evidence from the recent past
N Zaslavsky, K Garvin, C Kemp… - Journal of Language …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
It has been proposed that semantic systems evolve under pressure for efficiency. This
hypothesis has so far been supported largely indirectly, by synchronic cross-language …
hypothesis has so far been supported largely indirectly, by synchronic cross-language …
Cumulative cultural evolution, population structure and the origin of combinatoriality in human language
Language is the primary repository and mediator of human collective knowledge. A central
question for evolutionary linguistics is the origin of the combinatorial structure of language …
question for evolutionary linguistics is the origin of the combinatorial structure of language …
Conceptual similarity and communicative need shape colexification: An experimental study
Colexification refers to the phenomenon of multiple meanings sharing one word in a
language. Cross‐linguistic lexification patterns have been shown to be largely predictable …
language. Cross‐linguistic lexification patterns have been shown to be largely predictable …