Is language change chiefly a social diffusion affair? The role of entrenchment in frequency increase and in the emergence of complex structural patterns
Complex systems research has chiefly investigated language change from a social dynamics perspective, with undeniable success. However, there is more to language change than social diffusion, i.e., a one-off adoption of an innovative variant by language users. Language use indeed factors in, besides...
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2024-03-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Complex Systems |
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| Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcpxs.2024.1327425/full |