Demographic growth and the distribution of language sizes

International Journal of Modern Physics C

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 237-247

  Zanette, Damián H ^a  

^a CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Language evolution; Multiplicative stochastic processes; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 44349108546     PISSN: 01291831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129183108012042     Document Type: Article

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