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Graphic codes, language, and the computational niche

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2023

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James Winters*
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School of Collective Intelligence, Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique, Rabat, Morocco James.Winters@um6p.ma; https://j-winters.github.io/
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Abstract

Human language looms large in the emergence and evolution of graphic codes. Here, I argue that language not only acts as a strong constraint on graphic codes, but it is also a precondition for their emergence and their evolution as computational devices.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e256
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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