The paper surveys work on the computational modeling of the origins and evolution of language. The main approaches are clarified and some example experiments from the domains of the evolution of communication, phonetics, lexicon formation, and syntax are discussed. 1 Introduction The paper surveys research in which software simulations and experiments with robotic agents are used to explore the viewpoint that language is a complex dynamical system. The main goal of the paper is to outline the approaches and show example experiments. Much more work needs to be done to arrive at a full-fledged theory of the origins of language and even about the work already done much more can be said than is possible in a single paper. Nevertheless, I hope to show that a new exciting approach to the study of the origins and evolution of language is taking shape. The rest of the paper is in four parts. The next section clarifies the notion of a complex system and the multi-agent perspective. Section 3...
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