Abstract
The understanding of language competition helps us to predict extinction and survival of languages spoken by minorities. A simple agent-based model of a sexual population, based on the Penna model, is built in order to find out under which circumstances one language dominates other ones. This model considers that only young people learn foreign languages. The simulations show a first order phase transition of the ratio between the number of speakers of different languages with the mutation rate as control parameter.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | International Journal of Modern Physics C |
| Vol/bind | 17 |
| Udgave nummer | 1 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 103-111 |
| Antal sider | 9 |
| ISSN | 0129-1831 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - jan. 2006 |
Finansiering
I am funded by the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) and thank D. Stauffer and S. Moss de Oliveira for comments on my manuscript.
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