A Complexity Science Perspective on Language Spread

Paradowski, Michał

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A Complexity Science Perspective on Language Spread

Michał B. Paradowski

University of Warsaw

June 15, 2010

PROCEEDINGS OF ISCA TUTORIAL AND RESEARCH WORKSHOP ON EXPERIMENTAL LINGUISTICS, Botinis, Antonis, eds., pp. 137-140, University of Athens, 2010

Abstract:
Linguistic creativity is a manifestation of innovativeness. Investigating the diffusion of linguistic innovation requires an interdisciplinary approach, pooling competences from sciences humanistic, social, and strict (in particular mathematics and computational methods). The initial results will be presented of an empirical project analysing the social spread of neologisms in a microblogging site.

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Keywords: linguistic creativity, neologisms, innovation diffusion, social networks, influence

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Date posted: July 14, 2010 ; Last revised: November 20, 2010

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Paradowski, Michał B., A Complexity Science Perspective on Language Spread (June 15, 2010). PROCEEDINGS OF ISCA TUTORIAL AND RESEARCH WORKSHOP ON EXPERIMENTAL LINGUISTICS, Botinis, Antonis, eds., pp. 137-140, University of Athens, 2010 . Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1638873

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