Topic · Cultural Studies
Language and cultural evolution
Language and cultural evolution is a research topic within Cultural Studies. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the evolutionary dynamics of cultural evolution, with a focus on language development, social learning strategies, phylogenetics, and the impact of culture on human adaptation. It delves into topics such as cumulative culture, semantic change, linguistic diversity, and the grounding of symbols in language. The papers also discuss the role of cultural evolution in shaping human intelligence and behavior.
- Cultural Evolution
- Language
- Social Learning
- Phylogenetics
- Human Adaptation
- Cumulative Culture
- Evolutionary Dynamics
- Semantic Change
- Linguistic Diversity
- Symbol Grounding
- Research works
- 12k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +22% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
United States
37% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
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