Dear George,<br /><br />I hope you've been fine.<br /><br />Here I have yet another assignment for my Simulating Language Evolution class. These are just the answers to the questions we got from the professor, thus, it's a bit out of context. Sorry for that!<br /><br />Also, we were specifically asked to provide all references in a footnote (weird, right?), so, don't worry about it.&nbsp;<br /><br />Thank you very much again for your help!<br />Vita<br /><br />P.S.: Here are the actual questions if it helps at all.<br />
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<p>What can we conclude about the evolution of communication from the simulations in Oliphant (1996)? Illustrate your answer with results from a partial replication of one of Oliphant&rsquo;s simulation models.</p>
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<p>What is &ldquo;innate&rdquo; in the systems being modelled by the e volution1.py simulation? What about the l earning2.py simulation? What do these correspond to in the real world? (You do not need to present any simulation results for this question.)</p>
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<p>When Smith (2002) talks about &ldquo;learners&rdquo;, &ldquo;maintainers&rdquo;, and &ldquo;constructors&rdquo;, what does he mean? Illustrate your answer with simulation results.&nbsp;</p>
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