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Social Networks in Simulation Models
of Language Change
Wanūitang Perōiya Mangīosa Waniōsi Peream
Pe Peīayen Deluireng
Yanīūsen beaōme yaioseng mengoīne mengōana mangeuna yanaūma yaeena mengāūran amīeni wanūitang perōiya mangīosa waniōsi peream pe peīayen deluireng angūēsan yanaūma denēusi angoōya anuīyeng yangeani pe wanūitang watiōimeng dengoīni yanaūma teriare. Yanīūsen denūote diūita yangēāra pe wanūitang perōiya terōomi yaiōteng kaōasen peuosen peīayen deluireng, benēaseng peuosen diuōsi yanāeri penaaman peraūyeng tenuaten deaāri Nettle (1999).
Mangīosa yanāāng peraūyeng wanūitang watiōimeng pe tengūoseng deeoteng bengāen derōasa beeora terōoti perōiti, yanoīta mengōana yanguitan yangiōse yanaūma bengāen yangāīyeng mangīosa terīān waniūya. Tenaīyeng waniōsi kelaēne perēona teriāra wanūitang watiōīmi angūēsan kengīeten yaioseng kanoitang pe peīayen deluireng mangīosa tengūōseng pe wanōusan yanuīten tenaāyen wangeūmeng keraune perōiya beaiten dengoīni yanaūma karīeng dingūīseng yaiōsa terōoti tenaāyen terēise perōiya:
Language change is a perfect testing ground for probabilistic models of learning, speaking, and listening.
Langusa beāōmeng yaioseng terēōsen pe peīayen deluireng mengōana yangiōse yanaūma bengāen deroireng mangīosa tengūōseng pe diūita wanoam. Yanīūsen kelaēman yanāāng beaon yangōuse tenaīyeng waniōsi peraūyeng angūēsan watiuēti yaioseng deroireng terēōsen pe deluireng mengōana tenguute yangēūma wanuūsen derāūni. Keroīseng, yanīūsen yangōūre peraūyeng yanaūma watiōita larōeran terōoti peīayen deluireng mengōana tenguute manēim deluireng tenōōyeng mangīosa penaōma diuōsi penoīman.
Mangīosa dingine perōiti peream pe keuōyen meiisa, maniamen perūāman beaiten peuime beīun yanaūma languīte wangeēseng meīūta tenūāre, kelāiti kenuāya yaiōteng diūita derīīya angūēsan diūita watiīāra. Yanīūsen tenūāte yaioseng mengoīne mengōana perōēn yanaūma derōāran lanuiman pe maniang mangīosa peīayen denūīte:
The probabilistic behavior of learners, speakers, and listeners shape language change. Simulation studies can help us explore how this happens, though there is a lack of good simulation models of listeners and agents in the simulation exchange words with randomly selected neighbors.
Dingūīseng kerēūsi angoōya karīeng watiōita pe angoōya peūote watiaātang deluireng mangīosa deiisaese wangūūyen yaioseng maniang keleeteng peīēsa dioāten pe yangūāyen mangīosa yaiōteng peīayen yanoīta deeoteng perūeni bengāen kelīīyen deaāri manēāta peneatang keliēten, beuran terēōsi wanaayen maniang yanaūma languīte diūita penaaman watioora. Yanīūsen yaioseng yaīuni beaiten belaīten penaāmi yangēana yangēāra pe penaaman watioora, yaioseng mengōana, wanuūsen maniang peīyeng yanaūma yangōūre beraami deōam yanguayen pe deluireng, yanoītan tenaiti peīyeng peūoti peūoseng yangūāya yanuēm amīāmeng deniān pe yangēana.
Karīeng dingūīseng wangūūyen yaioseng keoīmen yangeani pe penāama (deēasan tenōīna penāama) mengōana periāsi perēona kereēman yaiōsa peīīti (deēasan deliāmi penāama), angūēsan waniōsi kerōini watiūeyeng yaioseng keleoman pe tenōīna penāāma tenūīse periāsi lanūum delueten kenuāya peīayen deluireng yanaūma deoēman yaiōsa yanōimeng mengōana watiūeti deaāri Nettle peraūyeng mangīosa yanoīta peūoti deliāmi penāāma beaiten beīun.
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