The structure of phonological networks across multiple languages

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 679-685

  Arbesman, Samuel ^a   Strogatz, Steven H ^b   Vitevitch, Michael S ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Language; Networks; Phonology

Indexed keywords

LINGUISTICS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

HUMAN LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTIC PROCESSING; LINGUISTIC STRUCTURE; MULTIPLE LANGUAGES; NETWORK CHARACTERISTICS; PHONOLOGY;

SPEECH;

EID: 77951888240     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021812741002596X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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