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iterated learning: a standalone construct

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Language evolution

process in which a language passed repeatedly through learners becomes more structured and learnable, shown in laboratory transmission chains.

In language evolution, iterated learning refers to process in which a language passed repeatedly through learners becomes more structured and learnable, shown in laboratory transmission chains. This meaning comes from Kirby (2008) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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learning6 fields · 14 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs process3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs transmission4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

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Kirby, S., Cornish, H., & Smith, K. (2008). Cumulative cultural evolution in the laboratory: An experimental approach to the origins of structure in human language. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(31), 10681-10686. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0707835105

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