Constructive approach on the emergence of language and communication

Abstract

The foundation of language underlies the process in which language emerges through interaction and dynamics. Based on this idea, this paper focuses on constructive approaches to the emergence of language and communication, including multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL), emergent communication (EC), symbol emergence in robotics, experimental semiotics, iterated learning model (ILM), and co-evolution. Although they have similar motivations, their efforts have been fragmented from community to community, and their philosophies and methodologies have not been shared well with each other. We introduce them from a birds-eye viewpoint and aim to suggest the direction that they should take in the future.