RT Journal Article
T1 Urbanity and the dynamics of language shift in Galicia
A1 Mussa Juane, Mariamo
A1 Seoane, Luis F.
A1 Pérez Muñuzuri, Alberto
A1 Mira Pérez, Jorge
K1 Complex networks
K1 Interdisciplinary studies
K1 Nonlinear phenomena
K1 Social sciences
K1 Sociology
AB Sociolinguistic phenomena often involve interactions across different scales and result in social and linguistic changes that can be tracked over time. Here, we focus on the dynamics of language shift in Galicia, a bilingual community in northwest Spain. Using historical data on Galician and Spanish speakers, we show that the rate at which shift dynamics unfold correlates inversely with the internal complexity of a region (approximated by the proportion of urban area). Less complex areas converge faster to steady states, while more complex ones sustain transitory dynamics longer. We further explore the contextual relevance of each region within the network of regions that constitute Galicia. The network is observed to sustain or reverse the dynamic rates. This model can introduce a competition between the internal complexity of a region and its contextual relevance in the network. Harnessing these sociodynamic features may prove useful in policy making to limit conflicts
PB Springer Nature
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/18599
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/18599
LA eng
NO Mussa Juane, M., Seoane, L., Muñuzuri, A., & Mira, J. (2019). Urbanity and the dynamics of language shift in Galicia. Nature Communications, 10(1). doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09688-8
NO We gratefully acknowledge financial support by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad and European Regional Development Fund under contract MAT2015-71119-R AEI/FEDER, UE, and by Xunta de Galicia under Research Grant No. GPC2015/014. A.P.M. and M.M.J. are part of the CRETUS Strategic Partnership (AGRUP2015/02) and J.M. is part of the AeMAT Strategic Partnership (Grant No. ED431E2018/08), both supported by Xunta de Galicia. All these programs are co-funded by FEDER (UE). J. M. acknowledges support from the Xunta de Galicia under the Strategic Grouping AEMAT (Grant No. ED431E2018/08)
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