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Language Evolution

Language Evolution is a process within the domain of Domain-Specific Languages that systematically modifies the syntactic, semantic, or pragmatic constructs of a language over time to adapt to changing requirements, usage patterns, or technological environments.

631

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44.3K

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982

Authors

491

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Publications per year

2017–2026

167

Parents

Publications

631

Natural language and natural selection

Steven Pinker, Paul Bloom · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1990 · 2.5K citations

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Language Is a Complex Adaptive System: Position Paper

Clay Beckner, Richard A. Blythe, Joan Bybee et al. · Language Learning · 2009 · 1.1K citations

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Language as shaped by the brain

Morten H. Christiansen, Nick Chater · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 2008 · 1.1K citations

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Cumulative cultural evolution in the laboratory: An experimental approach to the origins of structure in human language

Simon Kirby, Hannah Cornish, Kenny Smith · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · 959 citations · Full text

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Grammatical evolution

Michael O’Neill, Conor Ryan · IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation · 2001 · 950 citations

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Authors

982

  1. SK
    Simon Kirby

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    20 publications · 3.2K citations

    18

    h-index

  2. KS
    Kenny Smith

    University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    17 publications · 1.9K citations

    16

    h-index

  3. AB
    Antonio Benítez‐Burraco

    Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

    16 publications · 568 citations

    13

    h-index

  4. LS
    Luc Steels

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    10 publications · 1K citations

    10

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  5. MH
    Morten H. Christiansen

    Cornell University, United States

    10 publications · 2.8K citations

    10

    h-index

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Institutions

491

  1. University of Edinburgh

    Edinburgh, United Kingdom

    30 h-index

    85 publications

    9.2K citations

  2. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    20 h-index

    35 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    44 publications

    2K citations

  4. Santa Fe Institute

    Santa Fe, United States

    13 h-index

    19 publications

    4.8K citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

    Jena, Germany

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    1.5K citations

  6. Australian National University

    Canberra, Australia

    13 h-index

    22 publications

    2.6K citations

  7. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    12 h-index

    14 publications

    2K citations

  8. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    12 h-index

    15 publications

    693 citations

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Venues

  1. Frontiers in Psychology

    20 publications · 958 citations

    16

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  2. PLoS ONE

    18 publications · 1.8K citations

    16

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  3. Journal of Language Evolution

    18 publications · 1K citations

    14

    h-index

  4. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 14 publications · 4.1K citations

    14

    h-index

  5. 12

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