Towards a methodology of language evolution modelling Comment on 'Modelling language evolution: Examples and predictions' by Gong, Shuai and Zhang

摘要

Gong et al. [1] present examples of agent- and equation-based models for investigating questions related to evolution of language. They demonstrate how to connect their models with real data: by comparing the agent-based model with real social networks and by comparing the equation-based model with real historic language data. Among other suggestions to improve computer models for language evolution, they discuss the importance of using real data to test models of language evolution.