Iterated learning
Recording
Lecture recording on CMU box.
Papers
Lupyan, G., & Dale, R. (2010). Language structure is partly determined by social structure. PLOS ONE, 5, e8559.
Kemp, C., & Regier, T. (2012). Kinship categories across languages reflect general communicative principles. Science, 336, 1049—1054.
Kirby, S., Cornish, H., & Smith, K. (2008). Cumulative cultural evolution in the laboratory: An experimental approach to the origins of structure in human language. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105, 10681—10686.
Kirby, S., Tamariz, M., Cornish, H., & Smith, K. (2015). Compression and communication in the cultural evolution of linguistic structure. Cognition, 141, 87—102.
Silvey, C., Kirby, S., & Smith, K. (2015). Word meanings evolve to selectively preserve distinctions on salient dimensions. Cognitive Science, 39, 212—226.
Clearest and most confusing things
Go to this form and answer these three questions:
- What was the most confusing thing from class today? What are you still wondering about?
- What was the clearest thing from class today?
- What was the most exciting thing you learned?
I’ll compile the questions and send out answers after class.