17.53, Media: The Economist: Looking for a Sign

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Subject: 17.53, Media: The Economist: Looking for a Sign

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Date: 23-Dec-2005
From: Simona Fina < simona.fina at credit-suisse.com >
Subject: The Economist: Looking for a Sign 

	
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Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 22:12:18
From: Simona Fina < simona.fina at credit-suisse.com >
Subject: The Economist: Looking for a Sign 
 

In the Nov 10th issue of the Economist there was an interesting article
about how languages are created under experimental conditions. 
A scientist, Bruno Galantucci, developed a game where players are required
to originate a novel human communication system in the context of a joint
activity and with no preestablished conventions to rely upon. 


'Looking for a sign. People can communicate without agreeing on the meaning
of the terms'

http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5135495


Galantucci's paper is available at:

http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Haskins/STAFF/galantucci2005reprint1



Kind regards,
Simona Fina 


Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science





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