Investigating Word Order Emergence: Constraints From Cognition and Communication

How do cognitive biases and mechanisms from learning and use interact when a system of language conventions emerges? We investigate this question by focusing on how transitive events are conveyed in silent gesture production and interaction. Silent gesture experiments (in which participants improvis...

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Main Authors: Kirby, S. (Author), Naegeli, D. (Author), Schouwstra, M. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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