Evolution of universal grammar.

By Martin A. Nowak, Natalia L. Komarova, Partha Niyogi. Science, 2001

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Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Cultural Studies

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Language as shaped by the brain. (2008, background): “Adaptationists emphasize a gradual evolution of the human language faculty through natural selection (e.g., Briscoe 2003; Corballis 1992;, 2003; Dunbar 2003; Greenfield 1991; Hurford 1991; Jackendoff 2002; Nowak et al. 2001; Pinker 1994; 2003; Pinker & Bloom 1990; Pinker & Jackendoff 2005).”
Iterated learning and the evolution of language. (2014, unknown): “The potential of these mathematical tools was demonstrated in a series of papers by Nowak and colleagues [29, 30, 31, 32], who showed how one of the basic models of biological evolution – the replicator dynamics – could be modified to capture aspects of language evolution.”
Different speakers, different grammars: Individual differences in native language attainment (2012, background): “(Nowak et al. 2001: 114) “L1A is uniformly successful, with all normal children attaining full competence, whereas in L2A there are various outcomes.””
The Evolution of Language: A Comparative Review (2005, unknown): “A wide variety of approaches have been employed, from purely formal mathematical models (Nowak et al. 2001; Komarova and Nowak 2003) to detailed connectionist computer models (Batali 1998), in some cases including interactions among physical robots (Steels 1998, 1999).”
A Dynamic Systems Theory approach to second language acquisition (2007, methodology): “In language evolution research, there is extensive literature on modelling language learning and language evolution as co-evolving processes, which are compatible with DST (cf. Nowak et al., 2001, 2002 ).”
Ecological dominance, social competition, and coalitionary arms races: Why humans evolved extraordinary intelligence. (2005, unknown): “Open syntax, infinite combinations and creativity (Nowak et al., 2001)”
Innateness and culture in the evolution of language (2006, background): “Nowak et al., 2001 ), they were able to prove that such a process will result in a distribution of languages that exactly mirrors the prior bias.”
Language Evolution by Iterated Learning With Bayesian Agents (2007, background): “…via a number of avenues (Briscoe, 2002), including simulation of language learners (Kirby, 2001; Brighton, 2002; Smith et al., 2003) and use of formal models of population dynamics (Niyogi & Berwick, 1995, 1997a,b; Nowak, Plotkin, & Jansen, 2000; Komarova et al., 2001; Nowak et al., 2001, 2002).”