The emergence of language differences in artificial codes
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Experimental Economics
Publication Date
2-2017
First Page
1
Last Page
22
Publisher
Springer US
Keywords
Communication games, Coordination, Economics of language
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 figure.
DOI
10.1007/s10683-017-9518-3
Print ISSN
13864157
E-ISSN
15736938
Funding Information
Funding for this research was provided by: Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (start-up grant)
Publisher Statement
Copyright © Economic Science Association 2017
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Language
English
Recommended Citation
Hong, F., & Zhao, X. (2017). The emergence of language differences in artificial codes. Experimental Economics, Advance publication, 1-22. doi: 10.1007/s10683-017-9518-3
