Modelling the dynamics of language death

Nature

Volumn 424, Issue 6951, 2003, Pages 900-

  Abrams, Daniel M ^a   Strogatz, Steven H ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANGUAGE;

ARTICLE; DEATH; HISTORY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0041357225     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/424900a     Document Type: Article

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