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Fitch, W. T. (2007) Linguistics: an invisible hand. Nature, 449(7163):665--667.
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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.
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@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}
}