Simulating the Evolution of Language (Paperback)

I Introduction.- 1 Computer Simulation: A New Scientific Approach to the Study of Language Evolution.- 2 An Introduction to Methods for Simulating the Evolution of Language.- II Evolution of Signaling Systems.- 3 Adaptive Factors in the Evolution of Signaling Systems.- 4 Evolving Sound Systems.- 5 The Evolution of Dialect Diversity.- III Evolution of Syntax.- 6 The Emergence of Linguistic Structure: An Overview of the Iterated Learning Model.- 7 Population Dynamics of Grammar Acquisition.- 8 The Role of Sequential Learning in Language Evolution: Computational and Experimental Studies.- IV Grounding of Language.- 9 Symbol Grounding and the Symbolic Theft Hypothesis.- 10 Grounding Symbols through Evolutionary Language Games.- V Behavioral and Neural Factors.- 11 Grounding the Mirror System Hypothesis for the Evolution of the Language-ready Brain.- 12 A Unified Simulation Scenario for Language Development, Evolution, and Historical Change.- VI Auto-organization and Dynamic Factors.- 13 Auto-organization and Emergence of Shared Language Structure.- 14 The Constructive Approach to the Dynamic View of Language.- VII Conclusion.- 15 Some Facts about Primate (including Human) Communication and Social Learning.- Author Index.