?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Evolution+of+communication+and+language+using+signals%2C+symbols+and+words&rft.creator=Cangelosi%2C+Angelo&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Neural+Nets&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Computational+Linguistics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Psychophysics&rft.description=This+paper+describes+different+types+of+models+for+the+evolution+of+communication+and+language.+It+uses+the+distinction+between+signals%2C+symbols%2C+and+words+for+the+analysis+of+evolutionary+models+of+language.+In+particular%2C+it+show+how+evolutionary+computation+techniques%2C+such+as+artificial+life%2C+can+be+used+to+study+the+emergence+of+syntax+and+symbols+from+simple+communication+signals.+Initially%2C+a+computational+model+that+evolves+repertoires+of+isolated+signals+is+presented.+This+study+has+simulated+the+emergence+of+signals+for+naming+foods+in+a+population+of+foragers.+This+type+of+model+studies+communication+systems+based+on+simple+signal-object+associations.+Subsequently%2C+models+that+study+the+emergence+of+grounded+symbols+are+discussed+in+general%2C+including+a+detailed+description+of+a+work+on+the+evolution+of+simple+syntactic+rules.+This+model+focuses+on+the+emergence+of+symbol-symbol+relationships+in+evolved+languages.+Finally%2C+computational+models+of+syntax+acquisition+and+evolution+are+discussed.+These+different+types+of+computational+models+provide+an+operational+definition+of+the+signal%2Fsymbol%2Fword+distinction.+The+simulation+and+analysis+of+these+types+of+models+will+help+to+understand+the+role+of+symbols+and+symbol+acquisition+in+the+origin+of+language.&rft.date=2001&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2016%2F3%2Fcangelosi-IEEE-2001.pdf&rft.identifier=++Cangelosi%2C+Angelo++(2001)+Evolution+of+communication+and+language+using+signals%2C+symbols+and+words.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2016%2F