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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/25660| Appears in Collections: | Literature and Languages Journal Articles |
| Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
| Title: | Language Boundaries Driven By Surface Tension |
| Author(s): | Smith, Andrew D M |
| Contact Email: | andrew.smith@stir.ac.uk |
| Keywords: | dialect boundaries language change language evolution topography viewpoint |
| Issue Date: | 17-Jul-2017 |
| Date Deposited: | 19-Jul-2017 |
| Citation: | Smith ADM (2017) Language Boundaries Driven By Surface Tension. Commentary on: J. Burridge, "Spatial Evolution of Human Dialects," Phys. Rev. X 7, 031008 (2017). Physics - Spotlighting Exceptional Research, 10, Art. No.: 80. https://physics.aps.org/articles/v10/80; https://doi.org/10.1103/Physics.10.80 |
| Abstract: | A new model of language evolution assumes that changes in the spatial boundaries between dialects are controlled by a surface tension effect. |
| URL: | https://physics.aps.org/articles/v10/80 |
| DOI Link: | 10.1103/Physics.10.80 |
| Rights: | Publisher policy allows this work to be made available in this repository. Published in Physics 10, 80, 17 July 2017 by American Physical Society. The original publication is available at: https://doi.org/10.1103/Physics.10.80 |
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