1引言自20世纪80年代起,学界对使用计算模拟揭示演化领域有争议的问题产生了日益高涨的兴趣。最近还有一个将统计物理学(statistical physics)方法应用到社会动力学(social dynamics)研究中的潮流,和这个方向大有齐头并进之势。两种做法的共同之处在于强调社会现象的统计学起源(相关细节请参阅Castellano和Loreto(2009)的文章)。在语言学领域,人们设计了各种计算模拟方法,并应用它们测试各种参数对语言结构发展的影响。作者的 1 Introduction Since the 1980s, academics have been increasingly interested in using computational simulations to reveal controversial issues in the field of evolution. There is also a recent trend toward the application of the statistical physics approach to social dynamics research, which goes hand-in-hand with this direction. Common to both approaches is the emphasis on the statistical origins of social phenomena (for further details see Castellano and Loreto (2009)). In the field of linguistics, various computational simulation methods have been designed and used to test the effect of various parameters on the development of language structures. author’s