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Utterance selection model of language change [PDF]
, 2006 We present a mathematical formulation of a theory of language change. The theory is evolutionary in nature and has close analogies with theories of population genetics. The mathematical structure we construct similarly has correspondences with the Fisher-
G. J. Baxter +3 more
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Extracting information from S-curves of language change. [PDF]
J R Soc Interface, 2014 It is well accepted that adoption of innovations are described by S-curves (slow start, accelerating period, and slow end). In this paper, we analyze how much information on the dynamics of innovation spreading can be obtained from a quantitative ...
Ghanbarnejad F +3 more
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Isogloss, 2020 The present study constitutes an exploratory analysis of the use of the Catalan constructions anar (‘to go’) + adjective and estar (‘to be’) + adjective in writing during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Marc Gandarillas
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Usage on the move: Evolution and re-volution [PDF]
Training, Language and Culture, 2017 One of the problems involved in using corpora to investigate language change is that many corpora are synchronic, particularly spoken ones. To observe change, a combination of methods is the most fruitful approach.
Michael McCarthy
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On the Relationship of the Degrees of Correspondence of Dialects and Distances
Languages, 2019 This study analyzes the relationship between the degrees of resemblance and distances between dialects based on several dialectological atlases. This analysis investigates various correspondence data with respect to total valid data in setting reference ...
Takuichiro Onishi
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Défis, limites et promesses d’une sémantique historique en études ottomanes
European Journal of Turkish Studies, 2021 This article discusses the uses of conceptual history and historical semantics for Ottoman studies. It cautions against scientific and political pitfalls that may arise from a simplistic and uncritical adaptation of an historiographical trend and invites
Erdal Kaynar
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How individuals change language [PDF]
PLOS ONE, 2021 Languages emerge and change over time at the population level though interactions between individual speakers. It is, however, hard to directly observe how a single speaker’s linguistic innovation precipitates a population-wide change in the language, and many theoretical proposals exist.
Richard A. Blythe, William Croft
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Refunctionalization and Usage Frequency: An Exploratory Questionnaire Study
Languages, 2018 This paper explores the relationship between refunctionalization and usage frequency. In particular, it argues that (a) refunctionalization is more likely for low-frequency construction than high-frequency constructions, and that (b) high-frequency ...
Malte Rosemeyer
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A Framework for the Computational Linguistic Analysis of Dehumanization
Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 2020 Dehumanization is a pernicious psychological process that often leads to extreme intergroup bias, hate speech, and violence aimed at targeted social groups.
Julia Mendelsohn +2 more
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Diversity, competition, extinction: the ecophysics of language change [PDF]
, 2010 As early indicated by Charles Darwin, languages behave and change very much like living species. They display high diversity, differentiate in space and time, emerge and disappear. A large body of literature has explored the role of information exchanges
Bernat Corominas-Murtra +27 more
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