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Abstract
Quantitative relationships between how frequently a word is used and how rapidly it changes over time raise intriguing questions about the way individual behaviours determine large-scale linguistic and cultural change.BibTex
@article{fitch07viewsNATURE,
author={W. Tecumseh Fitch},
title={Linguistics: an invisible hand},
journal={Nature},
year={2007},
month={Oct},
volume={449},
number={7163},
pages={665--667},
doi={10.1038/449665a},
url={http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/paper/fitch07viewsNATURE.html}
}