Modeling interactions between language evolution and demography

Human Biology

Volumn 81, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 237-258

  Vogt, Paul ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agent based models; Analytical models; Language change; Language contact; Language evolution; Language origins

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649096250     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.081.0307     Document Type: Article

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