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I confused how memetics works..
Could you share your knowledge?
Could you share your knowledge?
This discussion centers on the concept of memetics, particularly its application to human language as a cultural replicator. The referenced article, "Human language as a culturally transmitted replicator" by Mark Page, highlights the parallels between biological evolution and linguistic evolution, emphasizing the use of statistical methods from phylogenetics to study language. It concludes that linguistic phylogenies provide valuable insights into human cultural history, often surpassing genetic estimations in relevance for anthropology and human behavioral ecology.
PREREQUISITESResearchers in linguistics, anthropologists, and anyone interested in the intersection of language and cultural evolution will benefit from this discussion.
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todo said:I confused how memetics works..
Could you share your knowledge?
Human language as a culturally transmitted replicator by Mark Page
Human languages form a distinct and largely independent class of cultural replicators with behaviour and fidelity that can rival that of genes. Parallels between biological and linguistic evolution mean that statistical methods inspired by phylogenetics and comparative biology are being increasingly applied to study language. Phylogenetic trees constructed from linguistic elements chart the history of human cultures, and comparative studies reveal surprising and general features of how languages evolve, including patterns in the rates of evolution of language elements and social factors that influence temporal trends of language evolution. For many comparative questions of anthropology and human behavioural ecology, historical processes estimated from linguistic phylogenies may be more relevant than those estimated from genes.
http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v10/n6/abs/nrg2560.html