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| l | General
methodological approach: |
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| ¡ | Discover
which simulation parameters lead to language-like |
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| ¡ | Hypothesise
that these parameters are necessary (and |
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precursors for language |
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| l | Sufficiency
conditions: tells us how much we need to explain |
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| l | Necessity
conditions: helps solve the uniqueness problem. |
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| Uniqueness
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| Why is
it that only humans have language? |
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