Hierarchical structures emerge from the cultural transmission: an iterated learning experiment using a non-linguistic task
Human language is characterized by complex structural features, such as the hierarchical combination of words to form sentences. Although other animals use communication systems, empirical evidence of hierarchical structures is rare. Computational studies of language evolution have suggested that cu...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2023-12-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frai.2023.1221329/full |