S-curves and the mechanisms of propagation in language change

Language

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 269-304

  Blythe, Richard A ^a   Croft, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary models; Mathematical modeling; Propagation; Replicator; S curves; Selection; Social network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863203566     PISSN: 00978507     EISSN: 15350665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/lan.2012.0027     Document Type: Article

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