Language Evolution
A starter pack for researchers investigating the origins and evolution of language. 'Evolution' here means both biological origins in our species, and cultural emergence.
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@thomscottphillips.bsky.social
@profsimonfisher.bsky.social
Director of Language & Genetics at Max Planck Institute, Nijmegen. Tracing the complex connections between genes, brains, speech & language. Website: https://www.mpi.nl/people/fisher-simon-e ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3132-1996
@elliot-murphy.bsky.social
Neurobiology & philosophy of language • Intracranial mapping of syntax-semantics Houston, Texas Website: https://elliot-murphy.com/
@asliozyurek.bsky.social
Director,Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics; Multimodal Language Dept.Turkish expat studied in the US; lives @Netherlands,works for the German Max Planck Society - aspires to be a diverse woman leader https://www.mpi.nl/people/ozyurek-asli
@mh-christiansen.bsky.social
Cognitive scientist interested in the processing, acquisition and evolution of language; statistical learning; computational modeling. Lab website: https://csl-lab.psych.cornell.edu
@bodowinter.bsky.social
Professor of Linguistics and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow at University of Birmingham, UK 🇪🇺🇩🇪🌈 ❤️ Iconicity, R, open science, yoga, techno
@thematzing.bsky.social
doing research on language evolution, language change, language learning and everything cognition-related; Post-doc: Uni Vienna; before: Post-doc Center of Language Evolution Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus Uni Torun and PhD Uni Vienna
@giuliapalazzolo.bsky.social
Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Warwick. Interested in animal communication and the evolution of language | Philosophy of mind, philosophy of science. She/her https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/philosophy/people/palazzolo/
@andrewdmsmith.bsky.social
Linguist at Stirling University. Cànanaiche. Cognitive linguistics, language evolution, grammaticalisation, metaphor, Gàidhlig, languages, Scottish and UK politics, football (Burnley/ East Stirlingshire/ groundhopping), music, maps, cats, other stuff.
@replicatedtypo.bsky.social
Simulating sci-fi novels and calling it cultural evolution Centre for Culture and Evolution | Brunel University London | https://j-winters.github.io
@nerdpro.bsky.social
Reader in Language and Cognition at Newcastle University, UK. Communication, social cognition, perception and evolution therof. https://ccuskley.github.io
@garicgymro.bsky.social
Welsh linguist in Philadelphia. I grow languages in the lab. Opinions my own. He. Ieithydd o Gymro yn Philadelphia. Tyfaf ieithoedd yn y lab. Barnau fy hun. Fo. https://linktr.ee/garicgymro
@remivantrijp.bsky.social
Researcher at the Sony Computer Science Laboratories - Paris. Construction Grammar, Artificial Intelligence, Semantics, Language Evolution and Computational Linguistics
@dingemansemark.bsky.social
Language, interaction, tech • Here with doubts about the next monetizable monopoly... • papers https://markdingemanse.net • blog https://ideophone.org • fedi https://scholar.social/@dingemansemark/ • POSSE: Publish on Own Site, Syndicate Everywhere
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
Exploring the past, present, and future of language 💬|🐵|🧠|📱 Based at the University of Geneva, the University of Zurich and the University of Neuchatel. Funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).
@symbolicstorage.bsky.social
nerd. cognitive/evolutionary linguist. Assistant Prof at Center for Language Evolution Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland (he/him) www.michaelpleyer.com @symbolicstorage@scholar.social @symbolicstorage
@matspike.bsky.social
> Language + CogSci + Evolution + NLP/ML/AI COMPLEXITY, FUNCTION & FORM in - language, culture, cognition - evo dynamics - info & computation - explanation homeostatic property cluster at large LangEvo is Hard Reading List https://t.ly/gfGj
@nakedprimate.bsky.social
Primatologist studying communication and cognition in wild apes. Some time academic. Full time naked ape. PI Wild Minds Lab @ University of St Andrews. She/her. www.wildminds.ac.uk
@kirstyegraham.bsky.social
I study how primates communicate 🐒 Faculty @ Hunter College 🦝 Organiser @abcmicrogrants.bsky.social 🐝
@richardmoore.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the EPP BA/BSc at the University of Warwick. My UKRI-funded FLF Communicative Mind project researches human and non-human great ape communication and cognition, and the evolution of language. 🇪🇺 he/him
@heintz-c.bsky.social
Cognitive scientist @ CEU --> Cognition and Society, communication, coordination, cultural evolution, evolutionary psychology
@kennysmithed.bsky.social
Professor of evolutionary linguistics at Edinburgh. Cyclist, runner, climber, coward.
@simonkirby.bsky.social
Prof Language Evolution FBA FRSE MAE. Head of Dept, Linguistics & English Language, Uni Edinburgh. With my students & collaborators I do science & art. he/him. simonkirby.net
@timoroettger.bsky.social
Cognitive scientist / Linguist - Full Professor at University of Oslo #MetaScience #OpenScience #DataViz #PresentationDesign #SciComm Catch me on Youtube: http://youtube.com/@simplpoints
@limorraviv.bsky.social
Group leader LEADS @MPI_NL & Lecturer @cSCAN_UofG ➡️ Language Evolution; Cultural Evolution; Animal & Human Cognition; Open Science; DON'T DREAM IT - BE IT!
@thomscottphillips.bsky.social
Language, Psychology, Culture, Philosophy, Society, Evolution • When not doing science I dance the lindy hop https://www.thomscottphillips.com/