DO LANGUAGE CHANGE RATES DEPEND ON POPULATION SIZE?
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Do Language Change Rates Depend on Population Size?
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عنوان ژورنال: Advances in Complex Systems
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0219-5259,1793-6802
DOI: 10.1142/s0219525908001684