Language:
A new kind of evolutionary system
The growth of evolutionary linguistics
Where does the primary linguistic data come from?
The Iterated Learning
Model
(a framework for computational simulation)
What will the agents talk about?
Results 1b: many generations later…
Quantitative results: languages evolve
Results 2a: early protolanguage stage
Results 2b: later stages, regulars
Results 2c: occasional, but short-lived irregulars
Results 3: frequent=irregular infrequent=regular