Exploring social structure effect on language evolution based on a computational model

Connection Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 135-153

  Gong, Tao ^a   Minett, James W ^a   Wang, William S Y ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Computational simulation; Language evolution; Power law distribution; Social structure

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; LANGUAGE EVOLUTION; LINGUISTIC FEATURES; MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING; POWER LAW DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION LANGUAGES;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 46249093899     PISSN: 09540091     EISSN: 13600494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540090802091941     Document Type: Article

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