Using spatial patterns of English folk speech to infer the universality class of linguistic copying

Both linguistic and genetic evolution involve copying and mutation of variants. The simplest copying process assumes that variants are reproduced at a rate equal to their current frequency, exemplified by Kimura's stepping stone model of neutral evolution, and the voter model. In this case, spa...

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Main Authors: James Burridge, Tamsin Blaxter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2020-10-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.043053

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