Title: Experimental semiotics : studies on the emergence and evolution of human communication /
Authors: Galantucci, Bruno.; Garrod, S. C.
Publisher: John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Nonverbal communication.; Semiotics.; Communication models.; Interpersonal communication
Contents: 1. Experimental semiotics: Studies on the emergence and evolution of human communication (by Galantucci, Bruno), p1-14; 2. Systematicity and arbitrariness in novel communication systems (by Theisen-White, Carrie Ann), p15-32; 3. Can iterated learning explain the emergence of graphical symbols (by Garrod, Simon), p33-50; 4. Exploring the cognitive infrastructure of communication (by Ruiter, Jan Peter de), p51-78; 5. The evolution of communication: Humans may be exceptional (by Scott-Phillips, Thomas C.), p79-100; 6. The effects of rapidity of fading on communication systems (by Galantucci, Bruno), p101-112; 7. Investigating how cultural transmission leads to the appearance of design without a designer in human communication systems (by Cornish, Hannah), p113-138; 8. An experimental study of social selection and frequency of interaction in linguistic diversity (by Roberts, Gareth), p139-160; 9. Index, p161-162; 9. About the contributors, p161-162.