Book announcement: Simulating the Evolution of Language

[Angelo Cangelosi]

New book announcement:

Cangelosi A. & Parisi D.  (Eds.) (2001).  Simulating the Evolution of
Language. London: Springer. 

http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/soc/staff/angelo/book2001-TOC.html


SUMMARY

This volume provides a comprehensive survey of the computational models and
methodologies used for studying the origin and evolution of language and
communication.  With contributions from the most influential figures in the
field, Simulating the Evolution of Language presents and summarises current
computational approaches to language evolution and highlights new lines of
development. Among the main discussion points are:

	Analysis of emerging linguistic behaviours and structures
	Demonstration of the strict interaction and interdependence between
language and other non-linguistic abilities
	Direct comparisons between simulation studies and empirical research

Essential reading for researchers and students in the areas of evolutionary
and adaptive systems, language evolution, modelling and linguistics, it
will also be of particular interest to computer scientists working on
multi-agent systems, robotics and internet agents.     


TABLE OF CONTENT


PART I     INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1: Computer Simulation: A New Scientific Approach to the Study of
Language Evolution
Angelo Cangelosi & Domenico Parisi  

Chapter 2: An Introduction to Methods for Simulating the Evolution of Language
Huck Turner  

PART II     EVOLUTION OF SIGNALING SYSTEMS

Chapter 3: Adaptive Factors in the Evolution of Signaling Systems
Jason Noble, Ezequiel Di Paolo, Seth Bullock 

Chapter 4: Evolving Sound Systems
Bart De Boer 

Chapter 5: The Evolution of Dialect Diversity
Daniel Livingstone 

PART III     EVOLUTION OF SYNTAX

Chapter 6: The Emergence of Linguistic Structure: An Overview of the
Iterated Learning Model
Simon Kirby & Jim Hurford 

Chapter 7: Population Dynamics of Grammar Acquisition
Natalia L. Komarova & Martin A. Nowak 

Chapter 8: The role of sequential learning in language evolution:
Computational and experimental studies
Morten Christiansen, Michelle R. Ellefson, Christopher M. Conway & Rick
A.C. Dale  

PART IV     GROUNDING OF LANGUAGE

Chapter 9: Symbol Grounding and the Symbolic Theft Hypothesis 
Angelo Cangelosi, Alberto Greco & Stevan Harnad 

Chapter 10: Grounding Symbols through Evolutionary Language Games
Luc Steels

PART V     BEHAVIORAL AND NEURAL FACTORS

Chapter 11: Grounding the Mirror System Hypothesis for the Evolution of the
Language-ready Brain
Michael Arbib 

Chapter 12: A Unified Simulation Scenario for Language Development,
Evolution, and Historical Change
Domenico Parisi & Angelo Cangelosi 

PART VI     BEHAVIORAL AND NEURAL FACTORS

Chapter 13: Auto-Organisation and Emergence of Shared Language Structure
Edwin Hutchins  & Brian Hazlehurst

Chapter 14: The constructive approach to the dynamical view of language
Takashi Hashimoto (

PART VII     CONCLUSION

Chapter 15: Some Facts about Primate (including Human) Communication and
Social Learning
Michael Tomasello 


-------------------- Angelo Cangelosi, PhD -----------------------
 
Senior Lecturer, Centre for Neural and Adaptive Systems
        School of Computing, University of Plymouth
                             9 Kirkby Place
                     Plymouth PL4 8AA (UK)
 
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