The paper surveys recent research on language evolution, focusing in particular on models
of cultural evolution and how they are being developed and tested using agent-based …

the relative contributions of biological and cultural factors in determining category
characteristics almost certainly vary for different categories, so that the results of these …

The ability of algorithms to evolve or learn (compositional) communication protocols has
traditionally been studied in the language evolution literature through the use of emergent …

Language has a fundamentally social function. Processes of human interaction along with
domain‐general cognitive processes shape the structure and knowledge of language …

In this article it is argued that language can be seen as a dynamic system, ie a set of
variables that interact over time, and that language development can be seen as a dynamic …

Traditionally, machine learning algorithms relied on reliable labels from experts to build
predictions. More recently however, algorithms have been receiving data from the general …

Speech and song have been transmitted orally for countless human generations, changing
over time under the influence of biological, cognitive, and cultural pressures. Cross-cultural …

Human language is the key evolutionary innovation that makes humans different from other
species. And yet, the fabric of language is tangled and all levels of description (from …

One standout feature of human language is our ability to reference external objects and
events with socially learned symbols, or words. Exploring the phylogenetic origins of this …

Abstract Language is systematically structured at all levels of description, arguably setting it
apart from all other instances of communication in nature. In this article, I survey work over …