دانلود کتاب The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference (EVOLANG10), Vienna, Austria, 14-17 April 2014

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Contents
Preface
Program Committee
Perspectives on EVOLANG
The Evolution of EVOLANG
Michael Arbib
Cedric Boeckx
Michael Corballis
Bart de Boer
Jean-Louis Dessalles
Ramon Ferrer-i-Cancho
W. Tecumseh Fitch
James R. Hurford
Sverker Johansson
Simon Kirby
Chris Knight
Phillip Lieberman
Heidi Lyn
Kazuo Okanoya
Thom Scott-Phillips
Luc Steels
Maggie Tallerman
Papers
Diachronic processes in language as signaling under conflicting interests
1. Introduction
2. Evolutionary Game Theory
2.1. Signaling Games
2.2. Evolutionarily Stable Strategies
3. Conflicting Interests
3.1. Parametrization
3.2. Signaling
3.3. Stability
4. Diachronic Processes
5. Concluding Remarks
References
Syntactic development in phenotypic space
1. On networks and language
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Pere Alberch’s phenotypic morphospace
1.3. Syntactic network analyses
1.4. Procedure
1.5. Discussion
Acknowledgements
References
Finding the underpinnings: The last quarter century
1. Arousing, the Scientific Imagination
1.1 Pinker and Bloom: The Ripple Effect
1.2 Porges and the Polyvagal Theory
1.3 Schore and the transformation of psychotherapy
2 Two Noble Domains
2.1 Music Origins
2.2 Modern Biosemiotics and a Reconceived Question of Consciousness
Selected References
Strategies for the emergence of first-order phrase structure
1. Introduction
2. Why do human languages have syntax?
3. The Grouping Strategy
4. The Sequencing Strategy
5. The Pattern Strategy
6. Conclusions
References
What were we talking about? Exchanging social models as a route to language
1. Introduction
2. A cognition of social relationships
3. Sharing social relationships
4. Conclusion
References
Why might SOV be initially preferred and then lost or recovered? A theoretical framework
1. Introduction
2. Word order phenomena as a multiconstraint engineering problem
2.1. The diversity of word orders
2.2. Languages lacking a dominant word order
2.3. Word order reversions in evolution
2.4. Alternative orders with a head at the center
2.5. Verb last in computer prediction experiments
2.6. The preference for head last in simple sequences and its loss incomplex sequences
3. Final remarks
Acknowledgements
Appendix: Online memory cost function
References
Linguistic animals: Understanding language through a comparative approach
1. Introduction
2. Semantics
3. Syntax
3.1. Perceptual Syntax: Production
3.2. Perceptual Syntax: Perception
4. Theory of mind
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Creative compositionality from reinforcement learning in signaling games
1. Introduction
References
Overlapping and synchronization in the song of the Indris (Indri indri)
1. Introduction
2. Materials & Methods
2.1. Study sites and subjects
2.2. Sampling and equipment
2.3. Acoustic analyses
2.4. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Overlapping
3.2. Synchronization
4. Discussion
Acknowledgements
References
A matter of perspective: Viewpoint phenomena in the evolution of grammar
1. Introduction
2. Viewpoint Phenomena: Subjectivity and Aspectual Framing
2.1. Aspectual Framing
2.2. Subjectivity and Subjectification
3. Evolutionary Origins of Perspectival Construal Operations
4. Conclusion
References
A constructionist approach to the evolution of morphological complexity
1. Introduction
2. Morphology in Construction Grammar
3. The Evolution of Morphological Complexity
4. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Language evolved for storytelling in a super-fast evolution
1. Introduction
2. Language and time traveling
2.1 Did language evolve from animal communication?
2.2 The unique structure of language and its exclusive function
2.3 Language is adapted to narration
2.4 The mirror neuron system, gesture, and language
3. The speed of evolution and the development of unique human traits
4. Conclusion
References
What iconicity can and cannot do for proto-Language
1. Introduction: Iconicity and Bootstrapping
2. What Counts as Imagic Iconicity?
2.1. What is Not Iconic? Ape Gestures
2.2. Iconicity in Cross-Modal Associations
2.3. Pantomime and Iconic Gesture
2.4. Summary: Non-Iconic, Non-Arbitrary Signs
3. Emergence vs. Development of Languages
4. Conclusion and Suggestions for Experimental Work
Acknowledgements
References
Did language evolve incommunicado?
1. Introduction
2. Arguments for non-communicative language origins
3. Reasons why incommunicado is implausible
4. Conclusions
References
Hunter-gatherer egalitarianism enabled grammar to evolve
1.1. Hunter-gatherer social systems
1.2. Continuity or discontinuity?
1.3. The need for trust
1.4. The origins of grammar
1.5. Conclusion
References
Grasping compositional patterns in an artificial language by Chinese participants
1. Introduction
2. Methods and Materials
2.1. Participants
2.2. Experimental Materials
2.3. Procedure
3. Results
4. Discussions, Conclusions, and Future Work
Acknowledgements
References
The emergence of compound signals
1. Introduction
2. Compound signals: uniquely human?
3. Prerequisites for compound signals: signs, CARC, concatenation
4. The evolution of syntax
5. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Modality switch in human language evolution
1. Introduction
2. Biological and Cultural Influences
3. Simulation Model
3.1. Motivation
3.2. The Model
3.3. Simulations and Results
4. Conclusion
References
Broadcasting to the enemy: Deception as a solution in evolution of language
1. Introduction
2. Peer-to-peer or broadcasting?
3. Hypothesis
4. Model
5. Results
6. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Recursion is not language domain-specific: Interim results of are search program
1. Introduction
2. Is recursion language domain-specific?
3. Is language necessary to use recursion in non-linguistic domains?
3.1. Verbal interference studies
3.2. Developmental studies
3.3. Brain imaging studies
3.4. Conclusion
References
On the emergence of bilingualism in a communication “ALL” taskas a result of competition between social conformism and languages implification
1. Motivation
2. The model
2.1. Game interaction
2.2. Learning rule
3. Modeling of the ALL communication task
3.1. Description of the ALL task
4. Numerical experiment
5. Conclusions and outlook
References
Establishing a communication system: Miscommunication drives abstraction
References
On the reliability of unreliable information: Gossip as cultural memory
Homo praedicans
1. Introduction: “We got Merge…”
2. “Roots of Predication”
3. “The Ontogenic Assembly Staircase”
4. Conclusion: “…because we became caring.”
References
The phonatory culture hypothesis
1. Background
2. A Different Perspective on Language
3. Three Necessary Conditions for Learning a Language
4. Problems Solved by this Paradigm
5. Predictions and Tests
6. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Evolution of tense and aspect
1. Historical Background
2. Mental Time Travel
3. Interaction between Brain and Language
4. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Orofacial gestures in language evolution: The auditory feedback hypothesis
1. The ‘visual modality’ theories of language origins
2. The problem of modality transition
2.1. Hypothesis: auditory feedback and the visual-to-vocal modality transition
3. Orofacial gestures
3.1. Facial expression in primates
3.2. Motor theory of speech
4. The role of auditory feedback
5. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Iconicity and ape gesture
1. Introduction
2. Iconicity in Ape Gesture
2.1. Directive Touches
2.2. Visible Directives
2.3. Pantomimed Actions
3. Alternative Theories of Ape Gestures
4. Directions for Future Research
4.1. Variability
4.2. Enculturation
5. Conclusion
References
Iterative vocal charades: The emergence of conventions in vocal communication
1. Introduction
2. Method
2.1. Participants
2.2. Materials
2.3. Design and Procedure
2.4. Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
References
Constructions, construal and cooperation in the evolution of language
1. Introduction
2. Construction Grammar and Usage-Based Approaches and the Evolution of Language
2.1. Cognitive and Communicative Prerequisites for the Emergence of Constructions
2.2. Sociocognitive Prerequisites for the Emergence of Constructions
3. Evolutionary Implications: Constructions and Cooperation
4. Conclusion
References
Female philopatry and egalitarianism as conditions for the emergence of intersubjectivity
1.1. Female philopatry and prosociality
1.2. Cooperative eyes, ‘deep social mind’ and Machiavellian intelligence
1.3. Strategies for pair-bonding
1.4. Ritual: song, dance and prosociality
References
The role of coordination in regularization
Acknowledgements
References
The psychology of biological clocks: A new framework for the evolution of rhythm
1. Timing and Synchronization
1.1. Timed Signaling
1.2. Synchronization as One Possible Outcome of Timing
2. Evolutionary Perspectives on Timing and Rhythm
2.1. Cooperation and Competition in Timed Interactions
2.2. Function and Phylogeny of Rhythm and Entrainment
3. A Framework for Time-dependent Signaling Strategies
Acknowledgements
References
The paradox of linguistic complexity and community size
1. Introduction
2. Simulations
2.1. Implementation and results
3. Conclusion
References
Social interaction influences the evolution of cognitive biases for language
1. Introduction
2. Model definition
3. Results
4. Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Understanding the linguistic structure and evolution of web search queries
1. Introduction
2. Datasets
3. Perplexity and Entropy of Query Language Models
4. Complex Network Analysis of Web Search Queries
5. Word Position Analysis for Queries
6. Conclusions and Future Work
References
The role of iconicity in the evolution of linguistic structure
References
Linearisation of adjectives: The grammatical face of perceptual/conceptual biases?
1. Background on adjectival ‘hierarchies’
2. Experiments
2.1. Experiment 1: Reaction times in a visual search paradigm
2.2. Further steps: Implicit categorisation task
3. Summary
Acknowledgements
References
Supporting evidence for language polygenesis from Neanderthal-Human interbreeding
1. Introduction
1.1. Background Information
1.2. Relationship between Homo sapiens and other Homo species
2. Language Capacity of Neanderthals
2.1. Anatomical evidence
2.2. Genetic evidence
2.3. Archaeological evidence
2.3.1. Stone tool
2.3.2. Artwork
2.4. Interim summary
3. Interaction between Neanderthals and Homo sapiens
4. Implications for Language Evolution
References
Language emergence in the laboratory: A method suitable to dynamical systems analysis
1. Introduction
1.1. Task overview
2. Method: Integer Summing Game with Detailed Feedback (ISGDF)
3. Result 1: Clustering
4. Result 2: Persistence of idiosyncratic stabilities
5. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Is the syntax rubicon more of a mirage?
1. Minimalist views of language evolution
2. ‘Conceptual atoms of the lexicon’
3. Syntactic displacement and externalization of language
References
Symbol extension and meaning generation in cultural evolution for displaced communication
1. Introduction
1.1. Displacement of Human Language
1.2. Previous Results
2. Experiment
2.1. Experimental Framework for Displaced Communication
2.2. Experimental Setting
2.3. Two Types of Drawing Tasks
3. Results
4. Discussion: Cultural Evolution of Symbol Systems
5. Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Fitness landscapes in cultural language evolution: A case study on German definite articles
1. Introduction
1.1. Linguistic Selectionism and Fitness Landscapes
1.2. A Linguistic Puzzle
2. Experimental Set-Up
2.1. Processes that Create Variation
2.2. Linguistic Fitness
3. Experimental Results
4. Discussion and Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Social word learning strategies in different cultures
References
The mental synthesis theory: The dual origin of human language
1. The neurological mechanism of mental synthesis
2. The dual origin of human language
3. A wish list of experiments
References
Cognitive factors motivating the evolution of word meanings: Evidence from corpora, behavioral data and encyclopedic network structure
1. Semantic Change
2. Results
2.1. Mental associations
2.2. Encyclopedic associations
2.3. Frequency and cognitive accessibility
2.4. Textual diversity
3. Discussion
References
The magic number 4: Evolutionary pressures on semantic frame structure
1. Introduction
2. Evolutionary pressures on semantic frame structure
3. Complexity for different classes of transductions
4. Discussion and conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
Abstracts
Rule learning in humans and animals
The Putty-nosed monkey ‘Pyow-Hack’ sequence: Compositional or an idiomatic expression?
1. Introduction
2. The Pyow-Hack sequence
3. Playback experiments
References
Primate pragmatics: Putty-nosed monkeys use contextual information to disambiguate the cause of alarm calls
1. Introduction
2. Male putty-nosed monkey loud calls
3. Natural observations and playback experiments
The evolution of human cognitive systems: Comparative approaches to language and music
References
Sociocultural determiners of linguistic complexity
Acknowledgements
References
Speaking of language and evolution
References
Language disorders as windows on language evolution
References
Zipf’s law across languages of the world: Towards a quantitative measure of lexical diversity
References
Informational structure of an emerging communication system is shaped by its environment
References
Spirals in language evolution
References
Sound symbolism and the origins of language
1. Introduction
References
The origins of combinatorial communication
References
A proposal concerning the gene network that regulates the shape of the language-ready brain
1. Globularity as the key autapomorphy
2. What dos Globularity do?
3. Molecular basis
References
Sign-theory and the origin of language
References
Social origins of rhythm? Synchrony and temporal regularity in human vocalization
Acknowledgements
References
Bridging the gap: From bodily mimesis to speech
References
The emergence of combinatoriality in the cultural transmission of pop songs in a children’s gameshow
Acknowledgements
References
The cumulative cultural evolution of category structure in an open-ended meaning space
Acknowledgements
References
Do talk to strangers: Maternal and non-maternal interaction in the transmission of primate gesture
References
The evolution of polysemy in child language
Acknowledgements
References
Zebra finches can learn to recognize affixations
References
Vocal communication in Gibbons
References
The dissolution of language & speech following brain damage
References
Frequency and stability of linguistic variants
Acknowledgements
References
Biological adaptation to cultural traits
1. Model
2. Results
3. Discussion
References
Language and speech are old: A review of the evidence and consequences for modern linguistic diversity
References
The role of the human political singularity in the emergence of language
References
Conversational infrastructure and the convergent evolution of linguistic items
1. Introduction, data and methods
2. Results and discussion
References
Words as unmotivated cues
References
Representations are selected: They don’t just drift
1. Data, Models and Bayes’ Factors
2. Conclusion
References
The cumulative cultural evolution of an instruction language
References
Birds tutored with their own developing song produce wildtype-like song as adults
References
Regularization in language evolution: On the joint contribution of domain-specific biases and domain-general frequency learning
References
The effect of pitch enhancement on spoken language acquisition
Language from gesture? Emergent transitivity marking in Nicaraguan Sign Language
Acknowledgements
References
Four wrong ideas in evolutionary linguistics
References
Artificial grammar learning in infants, adults, and songbirds: What is shared, what is learned?
References
A revival of the homo loquens as a builder of labeled structures
References
Language development in children with laryngeal abnormalities identifies prerequisites for verbal protolanguage
References
Multimodal communication in wild chimpanzees
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Method
1.3. Findings
Acknowledgements
References
Comparative method for determining lexical stress in nonsense words
1. Goals
2. Methodology
3. Results
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Sound symbolism and arbitrary sound-meaning relationships in language
References
Tracing language primitives: Phonosemantic realization of fundamental oppositional pairs
References
The origins of regularity in language: Why coordination matters
References
Efficient communication and language evolution
References
Evolutionary paths to compositional language
References
Systems emerge: The cultural evolution of interdependents equential behaviours in the lab
References
Formant tuning technique in vocalizations of non-human primates
References
Bow-and-arrow technology: Mapping human cognition and perhaps language evolution
References
Patterns of variation in language and tool use: An ethnographic and comparative approach
References
From grasping to grooming to gossip
References
A multimodal perspective on ape communication
References
Social structure from language games
References
Acknowledgements
Getting communication started: The superiority of gesture over non-linguistic vocalization
References
The effect of size of articulation space on the emergence of combinatorial structure
References
Comparative psychology and the evolution of language: Methodology matters
Acknowledgements
References
Pronomial characteristics of an evolved language: Is brevity an evolutionary advantage?
References
Culture vs. biology: Adversarial coevolution during the evolution of the lexicon
References
From hand to mouth: Fine precision grip during mutual grooming elicited wide lip movements in wild Fongoli chimpanzees
References
The nature of language in interaction
1. Abstract
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Methods
1.3. Analysis
References
Dogs need embodied directions: Children but not dogs possess skills needed for communicating with absent interlocutors
1. Dogs need embodied directions
2. Results
References
Is Gricean communication necessarily cooperative?
1. Is Gricean communication necessarily cooperative?
References
What Dwight L. Bolinger probably would have contributed to evolutionary linguistics
References
Motivated vs. conventional systematicity: Implications for language learning and the structure of the lexicon
1. Motivated vs. Conventional Systematicity
1.1. Systematicity and Language Learning
1.2. Sound Symbolism and Motivated Systematicity
1.3. Motivated vs. Conventional Systematicity
References
The role of vocal learning in the acoustic communication of the Egyptian fruit bat
1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
References
Detecting differences between the languages of Neandertals and modern humans
References
The effect of iconicity on the emergence of combinatorial structure: An experimental study
Acknowledgements
References
Accelerated regions and the language faculty
References
Chimpanzee food grunts are directed at specific individuals: Precursors for triadic communication?
References
About time: Semantic structure in emerging language
Acknowledgements
References
Handicaps are unnecessary for human communication
References
The origins of word meaning
References
Intentionality in the production of chimpanzee alarm calls
References
The cognitive underpinnings of metaphor as the driving force of language evolution
References
Prosodic cue weighting by zebra finches
References
Minimal requirements for the emergence of learned signalling
References
Incremental recruitment language — A formalism for evolutionary semantics
References
Momentum-based language change: A non-adaptive model of directional selection
References
Symbolisation and cognition
References
The evolutionary relations between music and language: A cross-musical idiom approach from the comparative perspective of language and music
References
Organization of language: Evaluation of modularity theories
References
Culture: Copying, compression and conventionality
References
Model fitting and prediction for language evolution
References
The effect of communication on category structure
References
On the relations between articulatory gestures and manual grasping
1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Results
3.1. Experiment 1
3.2. Experiment 2
4. Discussion
References
Learning speech-like signals from a skewed continuous distribution
References
Development of language through shared intentionality and categorization
References
Iterated learning of sound systems and the emergence of tone categories
References
Selection in the lexicon
References
Frequency-dependent bias affects the spread of human communication systems
1. Background & Aim
2. Experiment
3. Simulations
4. Conclusion
References
Adaptive strategies in the origins of semantic categories
References
The influence of music on the perception of emotions in voice samples: Evolutionary implications
Acknowledgements
References
Semantic crowding triggers systematically structured sign systems
1. Non-Compositional Systematicity
2. Experimenting with a Crowded Semantic Space
3. Conclusion
References
Speech is characterized by robustness, neutrality and evolvability
References
Experimentally investigating the role of context in the structuring of the linguistic system over cultural evolution
Bibliography
Neural networks, algebraic rules & human uniqueness
References
Modelling language competition without prestige
References
Requirements on scenarios for the evolution of language and cognition
References
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