Experimental Semiotics
Studies on the emergence and evolution of human communication
Editors
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. The volume is an ideal text complement for an advanced graduate seminar and it will be of interest to anyone who wonders how humans assemble and develop new ways to communicate with one another.
Originally published in Interaction Studies 11:1 (2010).
[Benjamins Current Topics, 45] 2012. v, 161 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Experimental semiotics: Studies on the emergence and evolution of human communicationBruno Galantucci and Simon Garrod | pp. 1–14
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Systematicity and arbitrariness in novel communication systemsCarrie Ann Theisen-White, Jon Oberlander and Simon Kirby | pp. 15–32
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Can iterated learning explain the emergence of graphical symbols?Simon Garrod, Nicolas Fay, Shane Rogers, Bradley Walker and Nik Swoboda | pp. 33–50
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Exploring the cognitive infrastructure of communicationJ.P. de Ruiter, Matthijs L. Noordzij, Sarah Newman-Norlund, Roger Newman-Norlund, Peter Hagoort, Stephen C. Levinson and Ivan Toni | pp. 51–78
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The evolution of communication: Humans may be exceptionalThomas C. Scott-Phillips | pp. 79–100
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The effects of rapidity of fading on communication systemsBruno Galantucci, Christian Kroos and Theo Rhodes | pp. 101–112
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Investigating how cultural transmission leads to the appearance of design without a designer in human communication systemsHannah Cornish | pp. 113–138
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An experimental study of social selection and frequency of interaction in linguistic diversityGareth Roberts | pp. 139–160
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Index | pp. 161–162
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Subjects
Communication Studies
Interaction Studies
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General