Languages in Space and Time
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Languages in Space and Time

Models and Methods from Complex Systems Theory

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eBook - PDF

Languages in Space and Time

Models and Methods from Complex Systems Theory

About this book

This cross-disciplinary volume provides an overview of how complexity theory and the tools of statistical mechanics can be applied to linguistic problems to help reveal language groups, and to model the evolution and competition of languages in space and time. Illustrated with a series of case studies and worked examples, it presents an interdisciplinary framework to enable researchers from the mathematical, physical and social sciences to collaborate on linguistic problems. It demonstrates the complexity of linguistic databases and provides a mathematical toolkit for analyzing and extracting useful information from them - helping to conceptualize empirical facts better than a mere ethnographic view. Providing an important bridge to facilitate collaboration between linguists and mathematical modelers, this book will stimulate new ideas and avenues for research, and will form a valuable resource for advanced students and academics working across complex systems, sociolinguistics, and language dynamics.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9781108480659
eBook ISBN
9781108868525
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Physics
Index
Physics

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Physics of Society: Econophysics and Sociophysics
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Figures
  8. Tables
  9. Preface
  10. Chapter 1: Introduction
  11. PART ONE: REVEALING LANGUAGE GROUPS
  12. PART TWO: LANGUAGE DYNAMICS
  13. Conclusion
  14. Bibliography
  15. Index

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