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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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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |