Publications

Journal Articles

  • Smith, K., Smith, A.D.M. and Blythe, R.A. (2011). Cross-situational learning: an experimental study of word-learning mechanisms. Cognitive Science 35(3): 480-498. (PDF)
  • Blythe, R.A., Smith, K. and Smith, A.D.M. (2010). Learning times for large lexicons through cross-situational learning. Cognitive Science 34(4): 620-642. (PDF)
  • Hoefler, S.H. and Smith, A.D.M. (2009). The pre-linguistic basis of grammaticalisation: a unified approach to metaphor and reanalysis. Studies in Language 33(4): 883-906. (PDF)
  • Smith, K., Kirby, S. and Smith, A.D.M. (2008). The brain plus the cultural transmission mechanism determine the nature of language. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 31(5): 533-534. [A commentary on Christiansen & Chater's target article, Language as shaped by the brain] (PDF)
  • Smith, A.D.M. (2008). Protolanguage reconstructed. Interaction Studies 9(1): 100-116. (PDF)
  • Smith, A.D.M. (2007). Review of: The Origin of Vowel Systems, Bart de Boer. Lingua 117(4): 721-726. (PDF)
  • Smith, A.D.M. (2006). Oral History. American Scientist 94(1): 75-76. [A review of Guy Deutscher, The Unfolding of Language] (PDF)
  • Smith, A.D.M. (2005). The inferential transmission of language. Adaptive Behavior 13(4): 311-324. (PDF)
  • Vogt, P. and Smith, A.D.M. (2005). Learning colour words is slow: a cross-situational learning account. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28(4): 509-510. [A commentary on Steels & Belpaeme's target article, Co-ordinating perceptually grounded categories through language: a case for colour]
  • Smith, A.D.M. (2003). Intelligent meaning creation in a clumpy world helps communication. Artificial Life 9(2): 175-190. (PDF)
  • Smith, A.D.M. (2002). Review of: On biocultural diversity: linking language, knowledge and the environment, Luisa Maffi (ed.). The Quarterly Review of Biology 77(1): 102-103.
  • Connolly, C.K., Crawford, S.M., Rider, P.L., Smith, A.D.M., Johnston, C.F. and Muers, M.F. (1997). Carcinoma of the bronchus in the Yorkshire region of England 1976-90: trends since 1984. European Respiratory Journal 10: 397-403.
  • Hebblethwaite, N., Boyd, K., Peel, K.R., Williamson, P.R., Melling, P.P., Smith, A.D.M. and Stevens, A.M. (1997). Adenocarcinoma of the cervix: a regional retrospective study. European Journal of Gynaecological Oncology 18(1): 47-52.
  • Sainsbury, J.R.C., Rider, P.L., Smith, A.D.M. and McAdam, W.A.F. (1995). Does it matter where you live? Treatment variation for breast cancer in Yorkshire. British Journal of Cancer 71: 1275-1278.

Books

  • Smith, A.D.M., Schouwstra, M., de Boer, B. and Smith, K. (2010). The Evolution of Language (EVOLANG 8). World Scientific. [ISBN 981-4295-21-3] (amazon)
  • Smith, A.D.M., Smith, K. and Ferrer i Cancho, R. (2008). The Evolution of Language (EVOLANG 7). World Scientific. [ISBN 981-277-611-7] (amazon)
  • Cangelosi, A., Smith, A.D.M. and Smith, K. (2006). The Evolution of Language (EVOLANG 6). World Scientific. [ISBN 981-256-656-2] (amazon)

Articles in Collections

  • Smith, A.D.M. (forthcoming). The cognitive origins of linguistic complexity. In M. Aldridge and J. Luchjenbroers (eds). Conceptual Structure and Linguistics Research Vol 2: Cognitive Linguistics Applied Across Contexts of Use.
  • Smith, A.D.M. and Smith, K. (2012). Cross-situational learning. In N. Seel (ed.) Encyclopaedia of the Sciences of Learning. 864-866. Springer. [ISBN 978-1-4419-1427-9]
  • Smith, A.D.M. (2011). Grammaticalisation and language evolution. In H. Narrog and B. Heine (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Grammaticalization. 142-152. Oxford University Press. [ISBN 978-0-19-958678-3]
  • Smith, A.D.M. (2010). Protolanguage reconstructed. In M.A. Arbib and D. Bickerton (eds.) The Emergence of Protolanguage: holophrasis vs compositionality. 99-115. John Benjamins. [ISBN 978-90-272-2254-1] [This paper, together with all the others in this volume, was originally published in Interaction Studies 9(1) - see journal articles above]
  • Smith, A.D.M. (2007). Language change and the inference of meaning. In C. Lyon, C. Nehaniv and A. Cangelosi (eds.) Emergence of Communication and Language. 323-337. Springer. [ISBN 1-84628-491-0] (PDF)
  • Smith, A.D.M. (2005). Mutual exclusivity: communicative success despite conceptual divergence. In M. Tallerman (ed.) Language Origins: perspectives on evolution. 372-388. Oxford University Press. [ISBN 0-19-927904-7] (PDF)

Articles in Published Conference Proceedings

  • Smith, A.D.M. (2012). Linguistic Replicators: a wild goose chase? In T.C. Scott-Phillips, M. Tamariz, E.A. Cartmill and J.R. Hurford (eds.) The Evolution of Language (EVOLANG 9). 541-542. World Scientific. [ISBN 978-981-4401-49-4] (PDF)
  • Smith, A.D.M., Skarabela, B. and Tamariz, M. (2010). Exploring the nature of a systematicity bias: an experimental study. In A.D.M. Smith, M. Schouwstra, B. de Boer and K. Smith (eds.) The Evolution of Language (EVOLANG 8). 289-296. World Scientific. [ISBN 981-4295-21-3] (PDF)
  • Smith, K., Smith, A.D.M. and Blythe, R.A. (2009). Reconsidering human cross-situational learning capacities: a revision to Yu & Smith's (2007) experimental paradigm. In N. Taatgen and H. van Rijn (eds.) Proceedings of the 31st International Conference of the Cognitive Science Society. 2711-2716. Cognitive Science Society. (PDF)
  • Hoefler, S.H. and Smith, A.D.M. (2008). Reanalysis vs metaphor: what grammaticalisation can tell us about language evolution. In A.D.M. Smith, K. Smith and R. Ferrer i Cancho (eds.) The Evolution of Language (EVOLANG 7). 163-170. World Scientific. [ISBN 981-277-611-7] (PDF)
  • Tamariz, M. and Smith, A.D.M. Smith (2008). Regularity in mappings between signals and meanings. In A.D.M. Smith, K. Smith and R. Ferrer i Cancho (eds.) The Evolution of Language (EVOLANG 7). 315-322. World Scientific. [ISBN 981-277-611-7] (PDF)
  • Smith, K., Smith, A.D.M., Blythe, R.A. and Vogt, P. (2006). Cross-situational learning: a mathematical approach. In P. Vogt, Y. Sugita, E. Tuci and C. Nehaniv (eds.) Symbol Grounding and Beyond (3rd International Workshop on the Emergence and Evolution of Linguistic Communication). 31-44. Springer. [ISBN 3-540-45769-0] (PDF)
  • Smith, A.D.M. (2006). Semantic reconstructibility and the complexification of language. In A. Cangelosi, A.D.M. Smith and K. Smith (eds.) The Evolution of Language (EVOLANG 6). 307-314. World Scientific. [ISBN 981-256-656-2] (PDF)
  • Smith, A.D.M. (2005). Stable communication through dynamic language. In K. Dautenhahn (ed.) Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on the Emergence and Evolution of Linguistic Communication. 135-142. The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour. (PDF)
  • Smith, A.D.M. (2003). Semantic generalisation and the inference of meaning. In W. Banzhaf, T. Christaller, P. Dittrich, J.T. Kim and J. Ziegler (eds.) Advances in Artificial Life (7th ECAL Conference). 499-506. Springer. [ISBN 3-540-20057-6] (PDF)
  • Smith, A.D.M. (2001). Establishing communication systems without explicit meaning transmission. In J. Kelemen and P. Sosík (eds.) Advances in Artificial Life (6th ECAL Conference). 381-390. Springer. [ISBN 3-540-42567-5] (PDF)