What smartphone apps may contribute to language evolution research

Olivier Morin; James Winters; Thomas F. Müller; Tiffany Morisseau; Christian Etter; Simon J. Greenhill

doi:10.1093/jole/lzy005

What smartphone apps may contribute to language evolution research

Olivier Morin^*, James Winters, Thomas F. Müller, Tiffany Morisseau, Christian Etter, Simon J. Greenhill

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Abstract

Unlike a standard online experiment, a gaming app lets participants interact freely with a vast number of partners, as many times as they wish. The gain is not merely one of statistical power. Cultural evolutionists can use gaming apps to allow large numbers of participants to communicate synchronously; to build realistic transmission chains that avoid the losses of information that occurs in linear chains; and to study the effects of partner choice as well as partner control in social interactions. We are releasing an app designed to take advantage of these opportunities and generate realistic language evolution dynamics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	91-93
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Language Evolution
Volume	3
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/jole/lzy005
Publication status	Published - Jul 2018

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