Fourth Reading

Skyrms (2018) Evolution of signalling systems with multiple senders and receivers

up to page 6

finished reading Nowak et al. (1999)

Third Reading

Nowak, Plotkin and Krakauer (1999) The Evolutionary Language Game

up to 'Population Dynamics'

finished reading Kirby (2017)

Second Reading

Kirby (2017) Culture and Biology in the Origins of Linguistic Structure

up to 'Language evolution in the lab'

finished reading Kirby 2002

First Reading

Kirby (2002) Learning, Bottlenecks and the Evolution of Recursive Syntax

up to section 1.4

• Planning for semester
• Basic topics:
  1. Language Evolution
  2. Model Theoretic Syntax