Physicists create tool to foresee language destruction impact and thus prevent it
Friday, July 25, 2014 - 12:00
in Psychology & Sociology
Researchers defined parameters that estimate the speed of regression of a native language when replaced by one of its neighboring languages. The study focused on the case of Welsh. In a wider context, this type of model could be applied to other examples of cultural changes in which the more favorable traits expand and abolish the predominance of a native cultural trait.