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Unifying models of dialect spread and extinction using surface tension dynamics

We provide a unified mathematical explanation of two classical forms of spatial linguistic spread. The wave model describes the radiation of linguistic change outwards from a central focus. Changes can also jump between population centres in a process known as hierarchical diffusion. It has recently...

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Autor principal: Burridge, James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society Publishing 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5792924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29410847
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.171446