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| 1. | Start with one
learner and one adult speaker neither of |
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| which have
grammars. |
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| 2. | Choose a meaning
at random. |
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| 3. | Get speaker to
produce signal for that meaning (may |
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| need to “invent”
random string). |
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| 4. | Give
meaning-signal pair to learner. |
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| 5. | Repeat 2-4 one
hundred and fifty times. |
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| 6. | Delete speaker. |
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| 7. | Make learner be
the new speaker. |
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| 8. | Introduce a new
learner (with no initial grammar) |
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| 9. | Repeat 2-8
thousands of times. |
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