2006-09-17Z2011-03-11T08:56:36Zhttp://cogprints.org/id/eprint/5148This item is in the repository with the URL: http://cogprints.org/id/eprint/51482006-09-17ZThe self-organization of combinatoriality and phonotactics in vocalization systemsThis paper shows how a society of agents can self-organize a shared vocalization system that is
discrete, combinatorial and has a form of primitive phonotactics, starting from holistic inarticulate
vocalizations. The originality of the system is that: (1) it does not include any explicit pressure for
communication; (2) agents do not possess capabilities of coordinated interactions, in particular they
do not play language games; (3) agents possess no specific linguistic capacities; and (4) initially
there exists no convention that agents can use. As a consequence, the system shows how a primitive
speech code may bootstrap in the absence of a communication system between agents, i.e. before the
appearance of language.Dr. P-Y. Oudeyer