Links that speak: The global language network and its association with global fame

Languages vary enormously in global importance because of historical, demographic, political, and technological forces. However, beyond simple measures of population and economic power, there has been no rigorous quantitative way to define the global influence of languages. Here we use the structure...

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Main Authors: Ronen, Shahar, Vespignani, Alessandro, Pinker, Steven, Goncalves, Bruno, Hu, Kevin, Hidalgo Ramaciotti, Cesar A.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/97587
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6031-5982
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