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@article{item_2366565,
title = {{Ecological models of language competition}},
author = {Kandler, Anne and Steele, James},
language = {eng},
issn = {1555-5542; 1555-5550},
doi = {10.1162/biot.2008.3.2.164},
year = {2008},
date = {2008-06},
abstract = {{The contemporary global language {\textquotedblleft}extinction crisis{\textquotedblright} has been analyzed by several influential linguists using concepts from ecology. In this article we study different reaction-diffusion models to explain the dynamics of language competition. We are mainly interested in situations where one language has a status advantage compared with the other. We consider previous applications of competition models from ecology, with particular attention to the implications of the {\textquotedblleft}carrying capacity{\textquotedblright} term in such models. We derive existence as well as stability conditions for the equilibria of the models considered, and show that depending on environmental conditions both situations{\textemdash}coexistence of competing languages or extinction of the less advantageous language{\textemdash}are possible.}},
journal = {{Biological Theory}},
volume = {3},
number = {2},
pages = {164--173},
}