The Emergence and Evolution of Linguistic Structure: From Lexical to Grammatical Communication Systems
The self-organisation of combinatoriality and phonotactics in vocalisation systems
This paper shows how a society of agents can self-organise a shared vocalisation system which is discrete, combinatorial, and has a form of primitive phonotactics, starting from holistic inarticulate vocalisations. The originality of the system is that: 1) it does not include any explicit pressure for communication; 2) agents do not possess capabilities of coordinated […]
What triggers the emergence of grammar?
Building Open Ecosystems for Collaborative Creativity
Planning What To Say: Second Order Semantics for Fluid Construction Grammars
Impact of distance in pitch class profile computation
Coordinating Perceptually Grounded Categories Through Language: A Case Study For Colour
This article proposes a number of models to examine through which mechanisms a population of autonomous agents could arrive at a repertoire of perceptually grounded categories that is sufficiently shared to allow successful communication. the models are inspired by the main approaches to human categorisation being discussed in the literature: nativism, empiricism, and culturalism. colour […]