Evolutionary explanations of indicatives and imperatives

被引:34
作者
Huttegger, Simon M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Konrad Lorenz Inst Evolut & Cognit Res, A-3422 Altenberg, Austria
关键词
Human Language; Alarm Call; Evolutionary Explanation; Imperative Signal; Signaling Game;
D O I
10.1007/s10670-006-9022-1
中图分类号
B [哲学、宗教];
学科分类号
01 ; 0101 ;
摘要
Recently there has been some interest in studying the explanation of meaning by using signaling games. I shall argue that the meaning of signals in signaling games remains sufficiently unclear to motivate further investigation. In particular, the possibility of distinguishing imperatives and indicatives at a fundamental level will be explored. Thereby I am trying to preserve the generality of the signaling games framework while bringing it closer to human languages. A number of convergence results for the evolutionary dynamics of our models will be proved.
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页码:409 / 436
页数:28
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