This Chapter


The Evolution of Language

552pp    Mar 2010

  • ISBN: 978-981-4295-21-5 (hardcover)
  • ISBN: 978-981-4465-68-7 (ebook)
writing-guides   ealerts
Connect with WS
 

The Evolution of Language

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference (EVOLANG8)
Utrecht, Netherlands, 14 – 17 April 2010

Edited by: Andrew D M Smith (University of Edinburgh, UK), Marieke Schouwstra (Utrecht University, Netherlands), Bart de Boer (Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands), Kenny Smith (Northumbria University, UK)

SIMULATIONS OF SOCIO-LINGUISTIC CHANGE: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNIDIRECTIONALITY 

Part II: Abstracts

SIMULATIONS OF SOCIO-LINGUISTIC CHANGE: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNIDIRECTIONALITY

MAARTEN VERSTEEGH
Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University, Erasmusplein 1, 6525 HT Nijmegen, The Netherlands
FEDERICO SANGATI
Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
WILLEM ZUIDEMA
Institute for Logic, Language and Computation, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The following sections are included:

  • Unidirectionality in linguistic change

  • A simulation of socio-linguistic change

  • Results

  • References

Note from Publisher: This article contains the abstract and references.