The emergence of language differences in artificia

Authors: Fuhai Hong Xiaojian Zhao

Publish Date: 2017/02/21

Volume: 20, Issue: 4, Pages: 924-945

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Abstract

The paper studies how common codes of artificial language in communication are developed in the laboratory We find that codes emerging from an environment with more variable spatial positions tend to use a limited set of symbols to represent positions whereas codes emerging from an environment with more variable geometric shapes tend to discriminate among shapes The paper also experimentally shows that “language” affects the way its “speakers” share the view about a novel figureWe are grateful to the editor and two anonymous referees for thoughtful and constructive comments We would also like to thank Te Bao Andreas Blume Keith Chen Liang Guo Wei Huang Jaimie Lien Eric van Damme Songfa Zhong and participants in many seminars and conferences for helpful comments We thank financial support from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics The paper builds on an earlier version of the working paper titled “An Economic Investigation of Linguistic Differences” as a joint effort with Wooyoung Lim and still reflects our earlier collaboration

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