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Languages in Space and Time: Models and Methods from Complex Systems Theory

Languages in Space and Time: Models and Methods from Complex Systems Theory

Patriarca, Marco
Heinsalu, Els
Leonard, Jean Leó

Hardcover

Series: Physics of Society: Econophysics and Sociophysics

LinguisticsPhysics

ISBN10: 1108480659
ISBN13: 9781108480659
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Oct 29 2020
Pages: 220
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.59 Width: 7.54 Depth: 9.65
Language: English
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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