Abstract
Luc Steels [10] provides a comprehensive overview of the key theoretical issues on the cultural evolution of language and of the contribution of computational and robotics models to the study of the social emergence of language in societies of interactive agents. In this short commentary, I would like to extend the discussion by focusing: (i) on the origins of the hierarchical structure of language, as grounded in the embodied compositional nature of motor representations and skills such as those of object manipulation; and (ii) on the interaction of genetic and cultural evolution processes in language evolution.
DOI
10.1016/j.plrev.2011.10.004
Publication Date
2011-12-01
Publication Title
Physics of Life Reviews
Volume
8
Issue
4
Publisher
Elsevier BV
ISSN
1571-0645
Embargo Period
2024-11-22
First Page
379
Last Page
380
Recommended Citation
Cangelosi, A. (2011) 'Embodied compositionality', Physics of Life Reviews, 8(4), pp. 379-380. Elsevier BV: Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plrev.2011.10.004
