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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      June 2020
      October 2020
      ISBN:
      9781108671927
      9781108480659
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108480659
      Dimensions:
      (244 x 170 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.51kg, 220 Pages
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      • Subjects:
      Econophysics and Financial Physics, Physics and Astronomy, Econometrics and Mathematical Methods, Sociolinguistics, Language and Linguistics
      Series:
      Physics of Society: Econophysics and Sociophysics
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    Subjects:
    Econophysics and Financial Physics, Physics and Astronomy, Econometrics and Mathematical Methods, Sociolinguistics, Language and Linguistics
    Series:
    Physics of Society: Econophysics and Sociophysics
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    This cross-disciplinary volume provides an overview of how complexity theory and the tools of statistical mechanics can be applied to linguistic problems to help reveal language groups, and to model the evolution and competition of languages in space and time. Illustrated with a series of case studies and worked examples, it presents an interdisciplinary framework to enable researchers from the mathematical, physical and social sciences to collaborate on linguistic problems. It demonstrates the complexity of linguistic databases and provides a mathematical toolkit for analyzing and extracting useful information from them - helping to conceptualize empirical facts better than a mere ethnographic view. Providing an important bridge to facilitate collaboration between linguists and mathematical modelers, this book will stimulate new ideas and avenues for research, and will form a valuable resource for advanced students and academics working across complex systems, sociolinguistics, and language dynamics.

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