Modelling linguistic taxonomic dynamics
| dc.creator | Wichmann, Soren | |
| dc.creator | Stauffer, Dietrich | |
| dc.creator | Lima, F. Welington S. | |
| dc.creator | Schulze, Christian | |
| dc.date | 2006-04-19 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T07:11:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T07:11:38Z | |
| dc.description | This paper presents the results of the application of a bit-string model of languages (Schulze and Stauffer 2005) to problems of taxonomic patterns. The questions addressed include the following: (1) Which parameters are minimally ne eded for the development of a taxonomic dynamics leading to the type of distribution of language family sizes currently attested (as measured in the i number of languages per family), which appears to be a power-law? (2) How may such a model be coupled with one of the dynamics of speaker populations leading to the type of language size seen today, which appears to follow a log-normal distribution? | |
| dc.description | 18 pages including 9 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0604146 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0604146 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/111830 | |
| dc.subject | Physics and Society | |
| dc.title | Modelling linguistic taxonomic dynamics | |
| dc.type | text |