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Evolving artificial sign languages in the lab: From improvised gesture to systematic sign

Yasamin Motamedi1, Marieke Schouwstra2, Kenny Smith2

  • 1Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London, 26 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AP, UK; Centre for Language Evolution, University of Edinburgh, 3 Charles Street, Edinburgh EH3 9AD, UK.

Cognition
|July 15, 2019
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