Extensions
lSpecific language universals:
¡Word-order universals. Why do languages tend to be
consistently left- or right-branching?
¡Universal constraints on question formation, relative
clauses, anaphora etc.
lWhat about creolisation?
¡Need more sophisticated models of population
dynamics.
lWhere do the meanings come from?
¡Models of meaning-formation and grounding during
learning.
lWhy is language specific to humans?
¡Explore conditions for emergence of syntactic
structure.
¡Model the biological evolution of mechanisms required
for iterated learning itself.