Why multilingual, and how to keep it-An evolutionary dynamics perspective.

ABSTRACT: While many languages are in danger of extinction worldwide, multilingualism is being adopted for communication among different language groups, and is playing a unique role in preserving language and cultural diversities. How multilingualism is developed and maintained therefore becomes an important interdisciplinary research subject for understanding complex social changes of modern-day societies. In this paper, a mixed population of multilingual speakers and bilingual speakers in particular is considered, with multilingual defined broadly as zero, limited, or full uses of multiple languages or dialects, and an evolutionary dynamic model for its development and evolution is proposed. The model consists of two different parts, formulated as two different evolutionary games, respectively. T

SUBMITTER: Wu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7654808 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature