A computer simulation of language families

Bibliographic Data

ID10140730
AuthorsPaulo Murilo Castro De Oliveira (Universidade Federal Fluminense, corresponding author), Dietrich Stauffer (University of Cologne, corresponding author), Søren Wichmann (0000-0002-3257-3087, Max Planck Society, corresponding author), SUZANA MOSS DE OLIVEIRA
Year2008
Volume44
Issue3
Pages659-675
Publication date2008-10-16
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2267 • E-ISSN: 1469-7742
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022226708005355
OpenAlexW2062483575
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited18

This paper presents computer simulations of language populations and the development of language families, showing how a simple model can lead to distributions similar to those observed empirically by Wichmann (2005) and others. The model combines features of two models used in earlier work for the simulation of competition among languages: the ‘Viviane’ model for the migration of peoples and the propagation of languages, and the ‘Schulze’ model, which uses bit-strings as a way of characterising structural features of languages

Competition (biology · Computer modelling · Computer software · Epistemology · Language family · Linguistics · Physics · Schulze method · Simple (philosophy · Software engineering · Work (physics · Authorship Attribution and Profiling · Computer Science · Language and cultural evolution · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Philosophy

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