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University of Portsmouth: Small Talk Shapes Big Trends - Physics Predicts How Language Patterns Spread
May 06, 2026
PORTSMOUTH, England, May 6 (TNSjou) -- The University of Portsmouth issued the following news:

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Small talk shapes big trends: Physics predicts how language patterns spread

Researchers have created a physics inspired framework to predict how accents and dialects evolve over time and location, like a language weather map

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A new model to predict how language changes over time has been developed by a statistical physicist at the . . .

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