2 papers
physics.soc-ph2026
Statistical physics of language change inferred from time evolving maps
James Burridge, Bert Vaux
Language change may be studied by tracking linguistic variant frequencies through space and time. Observed frequencies may be viewed as realisations of a statistical field. We firs…
physics.soc-ph2025
Statistical field theory for dialectology
James Burridge
Is it possible to develop a `physics of language' which can explain the spatial, temporal and social patterns we see, and which can predict future change like we forecast the weath…