Language dynamics

@article{b,
title = {In Silico Linguistics Comment on "Modeling the cultural evolution of language" by Luc Steels},
author = {Vittorio Loreto and Francesca Tria},
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year = {2011},
date = {2011-01-01},
journal = {PHYSICS OF LIFE REVIEWS},
volume = {8},
pages = {371--372},
publisher = {ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV},
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pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
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@article{b,
title = {Statistical physics of language dynamics},
author = {Vittorio Loreto and Andrea Baronchelli and Animesh Mukherjee and Andrea Puglisi and Francesca Tria},
url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79955826233&partnerID=65&md5=01b4b20367082bee503a7ba5a2718b9d, http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=000289995100007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=0c7ff228ccbaaa74236f48834a34396a},
year = {2011},
date = {2011-01-01},
journal = {JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT},
volume = {P04006},
publisher = {Bristol : IOP Publishing},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
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@article{b,
title = {Modeling the emergence of universality in color naming patterns},
author = {Andrea Baronchelli and Tao Gong and Aandrea Puglisi and Vittorio Loreto},
url = {http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77349119009&partnerID=65&md5=6cdcb665c28403d74f0a0437b8e4c0cf
http://samarcanda.phys.uniroma1.it/vittorioloreto/PAPERS/2010/Baronchelli_PNAS_2010.pdf},
year = {2010},
date = {2010-01-01},
journal = {PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (PNAS)},
volume = {107},
pages = {2403--2407},
publisher = {NATL ACAD SCIENCES},
abstract = {The empirical evidence that human color categorization exhibits some universal patterns beyond superficial discrepancies across different cultures is a major breakthrough in cognitive science. As observed in the World Color Survey (WCS), indeed, any two groups of individuals develop quite different categorization patterns, but some universal properties can be identified by a statistical analysis over a large number of populations. Here, we reproduce the WCS in a numerical model in which different populations develop independently their own categorization systems by playing elementary language games. We find that a simple perceptual constraint shared by all humans, namely the human Just Noticeable Difference (JND), is sufficient to trigger the emergence of universal patterns that unconstrained cultural interaction fails to produce. We test the results of our experiment against real data by performing the same statistical analysis proposed to quantify the universal tendencies shown in the WCS [Kay P & Regier T. (2003) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100: 9085-9089], and obtain an excellent quantitative agreement. This work confirms that synthetic modeling has nowadays reached the maturity to contribute significantly to the ongoing debate in cognitive science.},
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@incollection{b,
title = {Mathematical modelling and language games},
author = {Vittorio Loreto and Andrea Baronchelli and Andrea Puglisi},
editor = {Stefano Nolfi; Maro Mirolli (Eds)},
year = {2010},
date = {2010-01-01},
booktitle = {Evolution of Communication and Language in Embodied Agents},
pages = {263--283},
publisher = {Springer-Verlag},
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pubstate = {published},
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@incollection{b,
title = {Modeling the Formation of Language in Embodied Agents: Conclusions and Future Research},
author = {Luc Steels and Vittorio Loreto},
editor = {Eds. S. Nolfi; M. Mirolli},
year = {2010},
date = {2010-01-01},
booktitle = {Evolution of Communication and Language in Embodied Agents,},
pages = {283--288},
publisher = {Springer Berlin Heidelberg},
address = {Berlin, Heidelberg},
abstract = {This chapter draws some conclusions from the computational and mathematical models of emergent symbolic communication systems reported in the earlier chapters. It also strongly pleads for a stronger interaction between linguistics and other human sciences studying similar issues.},
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pubstate = {published},
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