Social networks and intraspeaker variation during periods of language change

dc.contributor.authorTroutman, Celina
dc.contributor.authorClark, Brady
dc.contributor.authorGoldrick, Matthew
dc.date2023-05-17T02:10:32.000
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-23T00:38:58Z
dc.date.available2023-05-23T00:38:58Z
dc.date.issued2008-04-23
dc.date.submitted2008-04-23T09:24:36-07:00
dc.description.abstractPrevious work has revealed general characteristics of language change at both the level of linguistic communities as well as individual speakers. What are the properties of language users such that we can account for these characteristics? To address this question, we built a computational model of a social network of language users. By holding the network structure constant and varying properties of the language users, we found that language change reflects both the structure of social networks and properties of language users. In particular, our results suggest that although language users must be capable of probabilistically accessing multiple grammars, they must prefer to access a single grammar categorically.
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/44675
dc.legacy.articleid1041
dc.legacy.fulltexturlhttps://repository.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1041&context=pwpl&unstamped=1
dc.source.issue25
dc.source.journalUniversity of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics
dc.source.peerreviewedtrue
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.titleSocial networks and intraspeaker variation during periods of language change
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digcom.contributor.authorTroutman, Celina
digcom.contributor.authorClark, Brady
digcom.contributor.authorGoldrick, Matthew
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