Regier, Terry

Kinship Categories Across Languages Reflect General Communicative Principles

Kemp, C., & Regier, T. (2012) · Science

Categorization, perception, and languageLanguage and cultural evolution

Cited by 284

Word meanings across languages support efficient communication

Regier, T., Kemp, C., & Kay, P. (2015) · The Handbook of Language Emergence

Categorization, perception, and languageSyntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation

Cited by 196

Semantic typology and efficient communication

Kemp, C., Xu, Y., & Regier, T. (2018) · Annual Review of Linguistics

Categorization, perception, and languageLanguage and cultural evolution

Cited by 180

Efficient compression in color naming and its evolution

Zaslavsky, N., Kemp, C., Regier, T., & Tishby, N. (2018) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Categorization, perception, and languageLanguage and cultural evolution

Cited by 178

Languages Support Efficient Communication about the Environment: Words for Snow Revisited

Regier, T., Carstensen, A., & Kemp, C. (2016) · PLOS ONE

Categorization, perception, and languageLanguage and cultural evolution

Cited by 136

Semantic categories of artifacts and animals reflect efficient coding

Zaslavsky, N., Regier, T., Tishby, N., & Kemp, C. (2019) · arXiv

Categorization, perception, and languageLanguage and cultural evolution

Cited by 55

The forms and meanings of grammatical markers support efficient communication

Mollica, F., Bacon, G., Zaslavsky, N., Xu, Y., Regier, T., & Kemp, C. (2021) · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationLanguage and cultural evolution

Cited by 42

The evolution of color naming reflects pressure for efficiency: Evidence from the recent past

Zaslavsky, N., Garvin, K., Kemp, C., Tishby, N., & Regier, T. (2022) · Journal of Language Evolution

Categorization, perception, and languageLanguage and cultural evolution

Cited by 23

Cultural evolution via iterated learning and communication explains efficient color naming systems

Carlsson, E., Dubhashi, D., & Regier, T. (2023) · arXiv

Language and cultural evolutionCategorization, perception, and language

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