Modeling language competition

We consider a model introduced recently [Nature 424(2003)900], for describing competition between two languages, which in typical situations predicts the extinction of one of them. We generalize it by introducing a spatial dependence in terms of a reaction–diffusion equation. We show that in this generalized model both languages can survive, each mostly concentrated in a different geographical area.

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Year of publication:	2004
Authors:	Patriarca, Marco ; Leppänen, Teemu
Published in:	Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. - Elsevier, ISSN 0378-4371. - Vol. 338.2004, 1, p. 296-299
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Reaction–diffusion equations \| Language competition

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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