Using social impact theory to simulate language change

Lingua

Volumn 108, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 95-117

  Nettle, Daniel ^a  

^a MERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actuation problem; Computer simulation; Language change; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041705097     PISSN: 00243841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0024-3841(98)00046-1     Document Type: Article

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