Cristina-Maria Pop
2012
Non-equilibrium relaxation: from language change to semiflexible polymer networks
LMU Munchen: Faculty of Physics, 2012
Language is one of the most prominent examples of complex systems. It is one of the basic tools of humanity, and yet many of its aspects still puzzle a broad range of scientists. The phenomena underlying the emergence and evolution of language, as well as cultural change, have ...MORE ⇓
Language is one of the most prominent examples of complex systems. It is one of the basic tools of humanity, and yet many of its aspects still puzzle a broad range of scientists. The phenomena underlying the emergence and evolution of language, as well as cultural change, have been subject to increased interest from the physics community over the past two decades. We begin this work by discussing a number of mathematical and computational models of language dynamics.