Demography and Language Competition
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6067486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Kandler (0000-0003-3766-6597, University College London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue | 2-3 |
| Pages | 181-210 |
| Publication date | 2009-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Biology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7143 • E-ISSN: 1534-6617 |
| Publisher | Human Biology (The International Journal of Population Biology and Genetics) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1353/hub.2009.a362934 |
| PMID | 19943743 |
| OpenAlex | W4379532774 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 10 |
Attempts to describe language competition and extinction in a mathematical way have enjoyed increased popularity recently. In this paper I review recent modeling approaches and, based on these findings, propose a model of reaction-diffusion type. I analyze the dynamics of interactions of a population with two monolingual groups and a group that is bilingual in these two languages. The results show that demographic factors, such as population growth or population dispersal, play an important role in the competition dynamic. Furthermore, I consider the impact of two strategies for language maintenance: adjusting the status of the endangered language and adjusting the availability of monolingual and bilingual educational resources
Biological dispersal · Biology · Competition (biology · Endangered species · Extinction (optical mineralogy · Geography · Linguistics · Popularity · Population · Sociology · Computer Science · Demography · Ecology · Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation · Language and cultural evolution · Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Psychology · Social Psychology
Relatedness as a Factor in Language Contact
Are Languages like Atoms? On Modelling Language Spread as a Physicist
Mathematical models meet linguistic data and vice versa
Language vitality
Interview with Anne Kandler, Winner of the 2009 Gabriel W. Lasker Prize
Brief Communication Intermittence for Humans Living 45,000 Years Ago
Human Dispersals
Modeling Demic and Cultural Diffusion
Modeling Interactions Between Language Evolution and Demography
Modeling Language Shift
A systematic and interdisciplinary review of mathematical models of language competition
Revisiting endangered languages
Le réseau de communication comme variable de base des dynamiques linguistiques
How the Pueblos Got Their Sprachbund
Intermittence for Humans Spreading 45,000 Years Ago
Field evidence for two paths to cross-cultural competence
Intermittence for Humans Spreading 45,000 Years Ago
Front Speed of Language Replacement
Population Size and Language Change
Urbanization, ethnic diversity, and language shift in Indonesia
Sustainability of minority culture when inter-ethnic interaction is profitable
Kinship, heritage, and ethnic choice
Collective dynamics of ‘small-world’ networks
The Encyclopedia of language and linguistics
The Fate of Bilingualism in a Model of Language Competition
Advancing Social Simulation
A mathematical model for the dynamics of interactions between a unilingual and a bilingual population
The Future of Bilingualism
Vanishing Voices
Modelling endangered languages
Is the rate of linguistic change constant
The world's languages in crisis
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,41 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |