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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Science
  • Evolutionary Psychology
  • Linguistics

Background:

  • Shared symbol systems are crucial for human evolution and development.
  • Traditionally, cognitive changes are cited as the primary driver for symbol system evolution.
  • Existing models often overlook the role of external, collaborative communication processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of external, collaborative communication processes on symbol system structure.
  • To determine if changes in collaborative processes can influence symbol systems independently of cognitive changes.
  • To propose a new factor, mutual modifiability, influencing symbol system emergence.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted to test the influence of collaborative processes.
  • Participants engaged in communication tasks designed to vary levels of mutual modifiability.
  • The structure and organization of emergent symbol systems were analyzed.

Main Results:

  • Changes in external, collaborative communication processes significantly affected symbol system organization.
  • This effect occurred independently of changes in internal cognitive processes.
  • Mutual modifiability was identified as a key constraint on the complexity of symbol systems.

Conclusions:

  • External collaborative processes play a vital role in the evolution of symbol systems.
  • Mutual modifiability is a critical factor in the emergence of complex symbolic structures.
  • Findings have implications for understanding language development and the origins of compositionality.