LING496 - Agents and Evolution

Status
O
Activity
LEC
Section number integer
1
Title (text only)
Agents and Evolution
Term
2019A
Subject area
LING
Section number only
001
Section ID
LING496001
Course number integer
496
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Meeting times
TR 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Meeting location
WLNT 300C
Level
undergraduate
Instructors
Robin L. Clark
Description
The course surveys Evolutionary Game Theory and Agent-Based Models with special reference to language. We will develop systems for modeling various types of language change as well as the dynamics of linguistic micro-variation. Topics include semantic/pragmatic cycles in signaling, the maintenance of conventional meaning, and testing for selection in language change.
Course number only
496
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