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    The diffusion of novel signs beyond the dyad

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    Authors
    Galantucci, B.
    Theisen, C.
    Gutierrez, E.
    Kroos, Christian
    Rhodes, T.
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Galantucci, B. and Theisen, C. and Gutierrez, E. and Kroos, C. and Rhodes, T. 2012. The diffusion of novel signs beyond the dyad. Language Sciences. 34 (5): pp. 583-590.
    Source Title
    Language Sciences
    DOI
    10.1016/j.langsci.2012.03.013
    ISSN
    03880001
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16446
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    We present a study aimed at investigating how novel signs emerge and spread through a community of interacting individuals. Ten triads of participants played a game in which players created novel signs in order to communicate with each other while constantly rotating between the role of interlocutor and that of observer. The main result of the study was that, for a majority of the triads, communicative success was not shared by the three dyads of players in a triad. This imbalance appears to be due to individual differences in game performance as well as to uncooperative behaviors. We suggest that both of these are magnified by the social dynamics induced by the role rotations in the game.

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