Modeling language evolution

Felipe Cucker; Steve Smale; Ding-Xuan Zhou

doi:10.1007/s10208-003-0101-2

Modeling language evolution

Felipe Cucker
, Steve Smale
, Ding-Xuan Zhou

Department of Mathematics

Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

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Abstract

We describe a model for the evolution of the languages used by the agents of a society. Our main result proves convergence of these languages to a common one under certain conditions. A few special cases are elaborated in more depth.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	315-343
Journal	Foundations of Computational Mathematics
Volume	4
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10208-003-0101-2
Publication status	Published - Aug 2004

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Language evolution
Learning theory

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