?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Modeling+the+evolution+of+communication%3A+From+stimulus+associations+to+grounded+symbolic+associations&rft.creator=Cangelosi%2C+Angelo&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Computational+Linguistics&rft.subject=Psychophysics&rft.description=This+paper+describes+a+model+for+the+evolution+of+communication+systems+using+simple+syntactic+rules%2C+such+as+word+combinations.+It+also+focuses+on+the+distinction+between+simple+word-object+associations+and+symbolic+relationships.+The+simulation+method+combines+the+use+of+neural+networks+and+genetic+algorithms.+The+behavioral+task+is+influenced+by+Savage-Rumbaugh+%26+Rumbaugh%C2%92s+(1978)+ape+language+experiments.+The+results+show+that+languages+that+use+combination+of+words+(e.g.+%C2%93verb-object%C2%94+rule)+can+emerge+by+auto-organization+and+cultural+transmission.+Neural+networks+are+tested+to+see+if+evolved+languages+are+based+on+symbol+acquisition.+The+implications+of+this+model+for+Deacon%C2%92s+(1997)+hypothesis+on+the+role+of+symbolic+acquisition+for+the+origin+of+language+are+discussed.&rft.publisher=Speinger+Verlag&rft.contributor=Floreano%2C+D&rft.contributor=Nicoud%2C+J&rft.contributor=Mondada%2C+F&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2022%2F3%2Fcangelosi-ecal99.pdf&rft.identifier=++Cangelosi%2C+Angelo++(1999)+Modeling+the+evolution+of+communication%3A+From+stimulus+associations+to+grounded+symbolic+associations.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2022%2F