Languages in Space and Time: Models and Methods from Complex Systems Theory

by Els Heinsalu, Jean Le Leonard, Marco Patriarca, et al.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108480659
• ISBN13: 9781108480659
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 9.7"