Systematicity and arbitrariness in novel communication systems
Systematicity and arbitrariness in novel communication systems
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新型通信系统的系统性和任意性
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2010
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S. Kirby
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Carrie Theisen;J. Oberlander;S. Kirby
抽象性和系统性是语言最迷人的两个特性。虽然两者都是信号和意义之间映射的表征，但它们在通信系统中的出现和演变通常是独立探索的。我们提出了一个实验中，同时探讨任意性和系统性。参与者从零开始发明符号来指代一组具有显著语义特征的项目。通过相互作用，出现了对任意信号元素的系统重用。
Arbitrariness and systematicity are two of language’s most fascinating properties. Although both are characterizations of the mappings between signals and meanings, their emergence and evolution in communication systems has generally been explored independently. We present an experiment in which both arbitrariness and systematicity are probed. Participants invent signs from scratch to refer to a set of items that share salient semantic features. Through interaction, the systematic re-use of arbitrary signal elements emerges.