?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=From+Analogue+to+Digital+Vocalizations&rft.creator=Oudeyer%2C+Dr.+Pierre-Yves&rft.subject=Neurolinguistics&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Dynamical+Systems&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Phonology&rft.description=Sound+is+a+medium+used+by+humans+to+carry+information.+%0AThe+existence+of+this+kind+of%0Amedium+is+a+pre-requisite+for+language.+It+is+organized%0Ainto+a+code%2C+called+speech%2C+which%0Aprovides+a+repertoire+of+forms+that+is+shared+in+each%0Alanguage+community.+This+code+is+necessary+to+support+the+linguistic%0Ainteractions+that+allow+humans+to+communicate.+%0AHow+then+may+a+speech+code+be+formed+prior+to+the+%0Aexistence+of+linguistic+interactions%3F%0A+%0AMoreover%2C+the+human+speech+code+is+characterized+by+several%0Aproperties%3A+speech+is+digital+and+compositional+(vocalizations%0Aare+made+of+units+re-used+systematically+in+other+syllables)%3B+%0Aphoneme+inventories+have+precise+regularities+as+well+as%0Agreat+diversity+in+human+languages%3B+all+the+speakers+of+a%0Alanguage+community+categorize+sounds+in+the+same+manner%2C%0Abut+each+language+has+its+own+system+of+categorization%2C%0Apossibly+very+different+from+every+other.+%0AHow+can+a+speech+code+with+these+properties+form%3F%0A+%0AThese+are+the+questions+we+will+approach+in+the+paper.+We+will%0Astudy+them+using+the+method+of+the+artificial.+We+will%0Abuild+a+society+of+artificial+agents%2C+and+study+what+mechanisms%0Amay+provide+answers.+This+will+not+prove+directly+what+mechanisms%0Awere+used+for+humans%2C+but+rather+give+ideas+about+what+kind%0Aof+mechanism+may+have+been+used.+This+allows+us+to+shape+the%0Asearch+space+of+possible+answers%2C+in+particular+by+showing%0Awhat+is+sufficient+and+what+is+not+necessary.+%0A%0AThe+mechanism+we+present+is+based+on+a+low-level+model+of%0Asensory-motor+interactions.+We+show+that+the+integration+of+certain+very+%0Asimple+and+non+language-specific+neural+devices+%0Aallows+a+population+of+agents+to+build+a+speech+code+that%0Ahas+the+properties+mentioned+above.+The+originality+is%0Athat+it+pre-supposes+neither+a+functional+pressure+for%0Acommunication%2C+nor+the+ability+to+have+coordinated%0Asocial+interactions+(they+do+not+play+language+or+imitation%0Agames).+It+relies+on+the+self-organizing+properties+of+a+generic%0Acoupling+between+perception+and+production+both%0Awithin+agents%2C+and+on+the+interactions+between+agents.&rft.publisher=Oxford+University+Press&rft.contributor=Tallerman%2C+Dr.+Maggie&rft.date=2003&rft.type=Book+Chapter&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3435%2F1%2Fjournal.pdf&rft.identifier=++Oudeyer%2C+Dr.+Pierre-Yves++(2003)+From+Analogue+to+Digital+Vocalizations.++%5BBook+Chapter%5D++++(In+Press)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3435%2F