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Cangelosi, A. and Parisi, D. (2002) Computer Simulation: A New Scientific Approach to the Study of Language Evolution. In Angelo Cangelosi and Domenico Parisi, editors, Simulating the Evolution of Language, pages 3--28. London: Springer Verlag.
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In: Cangelosi A & Parisi D. (Eds.). Simulating the Evolution of Language, London:
Springer, 2001
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Computer Simulation: ANew Scientific
Approach to the Study of Language Evolution
Angelo Cangelosi and Domenico Parisi

Introduction Language is such an important human characteristics that we would like to know how it first came into existence and how it managed to reach its present form. If we could go back in time for a sufficient number of generations we would encounter human ancestors that did not have language. In a succession of generations the descendants of those non­linguistic ancestors came to possess the ability to speak and to understand the speech of others. What made the transition possible? How did the transition occur? Were there intermediate forms of language in the sense of communication systems different from known animal communication systems but also different from language as we know it and as is spoken today by all humans? These questions constitute the scientific study of language origins and language evolution. The study of language origins does not directly include historical linguistics since this focuses on how human languages change historically and how new languages emerge from pre­existing languages, nor does it directly include the study of how language is acquired by children since they learn in an environment in which language already exists. The study of language origins and evolution is the study of how language emerges from a situation in which there is no language. However, both historical linguistics and the developmental psychology of language are concerned with causes, mechanisms, and processes of language change and with primitive forms of language such as pidgin, creole, and children's languages. These disciplines can indirectly contribute to the study of language origins and evolution. The study of language origins and evolution clearly is an interdisciplinary field Simulating the Evolution of ...
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@incollection{cangelosi01computerSimulation,
  author={Angelo Cangelosi and Domenico Parisi},
  title={Computer Simulation: A New Scientific Approach to the Study of Language Evolution},
  year={2002},
  pages={3-28},
  address={London},
  chapter={1},
  editor={Angelo Cangelosi and Domenico Parisi},
  publisher={Springer Verlag},
  booktitle={Simulating the Evolution of Language},
  url={http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/paper/cangelosi01computerSimulation.html}
}

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