Cultural evolutionary modeling of patterns in language change : exercises in evolutionary linguistics
Landsbergen, F.
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Landsbergen, F. (2009, September 8). Cultural evolutionary modeling of patterns in language change : exercises in evolutionary linguistics. LOT dissertation series. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/13971
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Cultural evolutionary modeling of patterns in language change
Exercises in evolutionary linguistics
Published by LOT
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ISBN 978-90-78328-97-1 NUR 616
Copyright © 2009: Frank Landsbergen. All rights reserved.
Cultural evolutionary modeling of patterns in language change
Exercises in evolutionary linguistics
PROEFSCHRIFT
ter verkrijging van
de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden,
op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof. mr. P.F. van der Heijden, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties
te verdedigen op dinsdag 8 september 2009 klokke 16.15 uur
door
Frank Landsbergen
geboren te Eindhoven
in 1977
Promotiecommissie
Promotor: Prof. dr. A. Verhagen
Copromotor: Dr. R. F. Lachlan (Duke University)
Overige leden: Prof. dr. W. A. Croft (referent; University of New Mexico) Prof. dr. M. J. van der Wal
Dr. M. A. C. de Vaan
The research reported here was conducted in the context of the project Modeling cultural evolution. A parallel investigation in bird song and human language and was funded by the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) as part of the Evolution and Behaviour Programme.
