Experimental semiotics : studies on the emergence and evolution of human communication / edited by Bruno Galantucci, Simon Garrod.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the early twentieth century, Ferdinand de Saussure envisioned "a science which studies the role of signs as part of social life". About a century later, a science has emerged that is very much in the spirit of that envisioned by de Saussure. Researchers who are developing this science, which has been labeled Experimental Semiotics, conduct controlled studies in which human adults develop novel communication systems or impose novel structure on systems provided to them. This volume offers a primer to Experimental Semiotics and presents a set of studies conducted within this new discipline. T.

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Machine generated contents note: Experimental semiotics: Studies on the emergence and evolution of human communication / Simon Garrod -- Systematicity and arbitrariness in novel communication systems / Simon Kirby -- Can iterated learning explain the emergence of graphical symbols? / Nik Swoboda -- Exploring the cognitive infrastructure of communication / Ivan Toni -- evolution of communication: Humans may be exceptional / Thomas C. Scott-Phillips -- effects of rapidity of fading on communication systems / Theo Rhodes -- Investigating how cultural transmission leads to the appearance of design without a designer in human communication systems / Hannah Cornish -- experimental study of social selection and frequency of interaction in linguistic diversity / Gareth Roberts.

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