Adding population structure to models of language evolution by iterated learning

DOI10.1016/J.JMP.2016.10.008zbMATH Open1396.91670OpenAlexW2560048350MaRDI QIDQ514148FDOQ514148

Authors: Andrew Whalen, Thomas L. Griffiths 

Publication date: 28 February 2017

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Psychology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/files/31168955/LangGraphs6_13_2016.pdf

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zbMATH Keywords

cultural evolutionlanguage evolutionBayesian modelsiterated learningvoter models

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Bayesian inference (62F15) Protein sequences, DNA sequences (92D20) Memory and learning in psychology (91E40) Linguistics (91F20)

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• Nonlinear voter models: the transition from invasion to coexistence

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• Genetic biasing through cultural transmission: do simple Bayesian models of language evolution generalise?
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