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q-bio.PE2013★ 60 cited
Why is combinatorial communication rare in the natural world, and why is language an exception to this trend?
Thomas C. Scott-Phillips, Richard A. Blythe
In a combinatorial communication system, some signals consist of the combinations of other signals. Such systems are more efficient than equivalent, non-combinatorial systems, yet…
physics.soc-ph2013★ 22 cited
Stochastic dynamics of lexicon learning in an uncertain and nonuniform world
Rainer Reisenauer, Kenny Smith, Richard A. Blythe
We study the time taken by a language learner to correctly identify the meaning of all words in a lexicon under conditions where many plausible meanings can be inferred whenever a…