Fellow language-evolutionists (other linguists welcome):
What do you think is the most exciting thing happening in the field now?
#linguistics #language #LanguageEvolution
What do you think is the most exciting thing happening in the field now?
#linguistics #language #LanguageEvolution
October 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Fellow language-evolutionists (other linguists welcome):
What do you think is the most exciting thing happening in the field now?
#linguistics #language #LanguageEvolution
What do you think is the most exciting thing happening in the field now?
#linguistics #language #LanguageEvolution
#Language #Linguistics #CogSci #LanguageEvolution People: Who should I follow on this here site?
August 19, 2023 at 10:10 AM
#Language #Linguistics #CogSci #LanguageEvolution People: Who should I follow on this here site?
Out now & open access: In our new "Cambridge Element", @symbolicstorage.bsky.social and I explore the intersection of #CognitiveLinguistics and #LanguageEvolution research www.cambridge.org/core/element...
March 4, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Out now & open access: In our new "Cambridge Element", @symbolicstorage.bsky.social and I explore the intersection of #CognitiveLinguistics and #LanguageEvolution research www.cambridge.org/core/element...
🚨 Language connection FOUND in chimpanzees? 🧠🗣️
For years, scientists thought the key to human language was a fibre connection, missing in chimp brains.
New high-res brain scans just changed the game. 👀🐒
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Neuroscience #LanguageEvolution #Chimpanzees
1/n 🧵👇
For years, scientists thought the key to human language was a fibre connection, missing in chimp brains.
New high-res brain scans just changed the game. 👀🐒
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Neuroscience #LanguageEvolution #Chimpanzees
1/n 🧵👇
May 15, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🚨 Language connection FOUND in chimpanzees? 🧠🗣️
For years, scientists thought the key to human language was a fibre connection, missing in chimp brains.
New high-res brain scans just changed the game. 👀🐒
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Neuroscience #LanguageEvolution #Chimpanzees
1/n 🧵👇
For years, scientists thought the key to human language was a fibre connection, missing in chimp brains.
New high-res brain scans just changed the game. 👀🐒
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#Neuroscience #LanguageEvolution #Chimpanzees
1/n 🧵👇
Koen de Reus recorded 1,000+ hours of pup calls for his PhD at our Institute and Radboud University, with @pieterburen.bsky.social He discovered seal pups take turns when they ‘talk’ and even develop local accents. Surprisingly human!
#LanguageEvolution #VocalLearning
#LanguageEvolution #VocalLearning
February 19, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Koen de Reus recorded 1,000+ hours of pup calls for his PhD at our Institute and Radboud University, with @pieterburen.bsky.social He discovered seal pups take turns when they ‘talk’ and even develop local accents. Surprisingly human!
#LanguageEvolution #VocalLearning
#LanguageEvolution #VocalLearning
Happy to contribute an article on #LanguageEvolution to the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science @oecs-bot.bsky.social
Everything you ever wanted to know about language evolution in ~1K words—well just scratching the surface 😉 dig into the references for more info
oecs.mit.edu/pub/18miikqb...
Everything you ever wanted to know about language evolution in ~1K words—well just scratching the surface 😉 dig into the references for more info
oecs.mit.edu/pub/18miikqb...
Language Evolution
oecs.mit.edu
July 22, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Happy to contribute an article on #LanguageEvolution to the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science @oecs-bot.bsky.social
Everything you ever wanted to know about language evolution in ~1K words—well just scratching the surface 😉 dig into the references for more info
oecs.mit.edu/pub/18miikqb...
Everything you ever wanted to know about language evolution in ~1K words—well just scratching the surface 😉 dig into the references for more info
oecs.mit.edu/pub/18miikqb...
A brief introduction into our work on cultural language evolution #LanguageEvolution #MultiAgentSystems
youtu.be/4w5pxfK7LoA?...
youtu.be/4w5pxfK7LoA?...
Language Evolution - How did language evolve?
YouTube video by Sony CSL (Paris)
youtu.be
November 22, 2024 at 7:19 AM
A brief introduction into our work on cultural language evolution #LanguageEvolution #MultiAgentSystems
youtu.be/4w5pxfK7LoA?...
youtu.be/4w5pxfK7LoA?...
New brilliant #OpenAccess paper on cognition and #languageevolution
🚨NEW PUBLICATION ALERT🚨
"From extant to extinct: The role of experiments and interdisciplinary inferences in studying cognitive and #language evolution." (with Svetlana Kuleshova)
Out now in #OpenAccess in Journal of Archaeological Science
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"From extant to extinct: The role of experiments and interdisciplinary inferences in studying cognitive and #language evolution." (with Svetlana Kuleshova)
Out now in #OpenAccess in Journal of Archaeological Science
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
From extant to extinct: The role of experiments and interdisciplinary inferences in studying cognitive and language evolution
This article evaluates the role of experiments and interdisciplinary inferences in the field of language evolution and, more broadly, studies of cogni…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New brilliant #OpenAccess paper on cognition and #languageevolution
Cool paper on how experiences from pilot studies can become useful knowledge. Build analysis and transparent reporting into the process! 'Thick description' and iterated game design can show the way. Esp for complex objects like in #languageevolution, #experimentalsemiotics. Examples from Minecraft!
Last month we published a new experiment into how symbolic languages evolved. Today, we've published a follow-up, REVEALING WHAT REALLY HAPPENED.
New paper with Kateryna Krykoniuk, Fiona Jordan and @gamemakerstoolkit.com. academic.oup.com/jole/article...
New paper with Kateryna Krykoniuk, Fiona Jordan and @gamemakerstoolkit.com. academic.oup.com/jole/article...
Get data early, get data often, iterate constantly: an explorative, participatory approach to studying language evolution
Abstract. We argue that, as well as an empirical approach borrowed from experimental psychology, studies of language evolution can also benefit from an exp
academic.oup.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Cool paper on how experiences from pilot studies can become useful knowledge. Build analysis and transparent reporting into the process! 'Thick description' and iterated game design can show the way. Esp for complex objects like in #languageevolution, #experimentalsemiotics. Examples from Minecraft!
Evolution Of Language Life
#Languageevolution #Linguistics #Hieroglyphs #Alphabet #Ancientwriting
https://sciencehumor.io/evolution-memes/evolution-of-language-life-t996
#Languageevolution #Linguistics #Hieroglyphs #Alphabet #Ancientwriting
https://sciencehumor.io/evolution-memes/evolution-of-language-life-t996
May 17, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Thought the Science Adv-paper on symbolic representation in crows showed that crows have evolved "recursive capabilities"?
Read Rey & Fagot's paper! Crow behavior probably emerged through associative learning
#cognition #associativelearning #languageevolution
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
Read Rey & Fagot's paper! Crow behavior probably emerged through associative learning
#cognition #associativelearning #languageevolution
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
December 5, 2024 at 6:51 AM
Thought the Science Adv-paper on symbolic representation in crows showed that crows have evolved "recursive capabilities"?
Read Rey & Fagot's paper! Crow behavior probably emerged through associative learning
#cognition #associativelearning #languageevolution
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
Read Rey & Fagot's paper! Crow behavior probably emerged through associative learning
#cognition #associativelearning #languageevolution
link.springer.com/article/10.3...
Orangutans organize alarm calls using recursive rhythms—layered like Russian dolls—revealing cognitive roots of language once thought unique to humans. #Anthropology #Primates #LanguageEvolution #Orangutans #Recursion
The Rhythms of the Forest: Orangutan Calls and the Evolutionary Roots of Language
How Sumatran Apes Taught Scientists a New Way to Think About Human Communication
www.primatology.net
May 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Orangutans organize alarm calls using recursive rhythms—layered like Russian dolls—revealing cognitive roots of language once thought unique to humans. #Anthropology #Primates #LanguageEvolution #Orangutans #Recursion
Chimpanzees combine calls to craft new meanings, modify messages, and even shift meaning with call order—echoes of human syntax in the rainforest. #Primates #LanguageEvolution #Anthropology #PanTroglodytes #Combinatorics
Language in the Canopy: How Chimpanzees Combine Calls to Expand Meaning
What the chatter of chimps tells us about the origins of human language
www.primatology.net
May 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Chimpanzees combine calls to craft new meanings, modify messages, and even shift meaning with call order—echoes of human syntax in the rainforest. #Primates #LanguageEvolution #Anthropology #PanTroglodytes #Combinatorics
Just submitted “matrimonialisation” to the Collins English Dictionary. Let’s see if it makes the cut... #neologism #languageevolution #CollinsDictionary #divorce #financialremedies
November 6, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Just submitted “matrimonialisation” to the Collins English Dictionary. Let’s see if it makes the cut... #neologism #languageevolution #CollinsDictionary #divorce #financialremedies
Watching a show with where a guy is flirting with a girl.
Me: That guy is macking on that girl
11yo: 🤨??????
Me: What?
11yo: my generation we say “rizzing” like “that guy is rizzing on that girl.”
Me: so that is what that word means
#languageevolution #momlife
Me: That guy is macking on that girl
11yo: 🤨??????
Me: What?
11yo: my generation we say “rizzing” like “that guy is rizzing on that girl.”
Me: so that is what that word means
#languageevolution #momlife
a man in a suit and tie with his mouth open .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie with his mouth open .
media.tenor.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Watching a show with where a guy is flirting with a girl.
Me: That guy is macking on that girl
11yo: 🤨??????
Me: What?
11yo: my generation we say “rizzing” like “that guy is rizzing on that girl.”
Me: so that is what that word means
#languageevolution #momlife
Me: That guy is macking on that girl
11yo: 🤨??????
Me: What?
11yo: my generation we say “rizzing” like “that guy is rizzing on that girl.”
Me: so that is what that word means
#languageevolution #momlife
Darwinian argument for the passive: The passive would not have survived this long if it were not fit for something.
#PassiveVoice #WritingHumor #Darwinian #SurvivalOfTheFittest #LanguageEvolution #WriterLife #NerdJokes #Linguistics
#PassiveVoice #WritingHumor #Darwinian #SurvivalOfTheFittest #LanguageEvolution #WriterLife #NerdJokes #Linguistics
January 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Darwinian argument for the passive: The passive would not have survived this long if it were not fit for something.
#PassiveVoice #WritingHumor #Darwinian #SurvivalOfTheFittest #LanguageEvolution #WriterLife #NerdJokes #Linguistics
#PassiveVoice #WritingHumor #Darwinian #SurvivalOfTheFittest #LanguageEvolution #WriterLife #NerdJokes #Linguistics
October 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Want a short and accessible introduction to #LanguageEvolution? 🤔
👀 Take a look as CSL Lab's @mh-christiansen.bsky.social new contribution to the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. Get up to speed in about 1K words—check out the references for more in-depth info
oecs.mit.edu/pub/18miikqb...
👀 Take a look as CSL Lab's @mh-christiansen.bsky.social new contribution to the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. Get up to speed in about 1K words—check out the references for more in-depth info
oecs.mit.edu/pub/18miikqb...
Language Evolution
oecs.mit.edu
July 22, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Want a short and accessible introduction to #LanguageEvolution? 🤔
👀 Take a look as CSL Lab's @mh-christiansen.bsky.social new contribution to the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. Get up to speed in about 1K words—check out the references for more in-depth info
oecs.mit.edu/pub/18miikqb...
👀 Take a look as CSL Lab's @mh-christiansen.bsky.social new contribution to the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science. Get up to speed in about 1K words—check out the references for more in-depth info
oecs.mit.edu/pub/18miikqb...
👉 Read more: Thttps://translatedpage.com/the-history-of-language/
#LanguageHistory #Linguistics #LanguageEvolution #FunFacts #LanguageLovers
#LanguageHistory #Linguistics #LanguageEvolution #FunFacts #LanguageLovers
February 16, 2026 at 9:35 PM
👉 Read more: Thttps://translatedpage.com/the-history-of-language/
#LanguageHistory #Linguistics #LanguageEvolution #FunFacts #LanguageLovers
#LanguageHistory #Linguistics #LanguageEvolution #FunFacts #LanguageLovers
👉 Read more: Thttps://translatedpage.com/the-history-of-language/
#LanguageHistory #Linguistics #LanguageEvolution #FunFacts #LanguageLovers
#LanguageHistory #Linguistics #LanguageEvolution #FunFacts #LanguageLovers
February 16, 2026 at 9:35 PM
👉 Read more: Thttps://translatedpage.com/the-history-of-language/
#LanguageHistory #Linguistics #LanguageEvolution #FunFacts #LanguageLovers
#LanguageHistory #Linguistics #LanguageEvolution #FunFacts #LanguageLovers
Humans aren’t alone in their talent for voices & babble. 🧠 New research shows dogs, pigs & humans share ancient brain wiring for vocal sounds, while fast-growing infant brains help humans & marmosets learn to talk. #Anthropology #LanguageEvolution #Neuroarchaeology #Linguistics
Voices From Deep Time
What Dogs, Pigs, and Marmosets Reveal About the Evolution of Human Speech
www.anthropology.net
September 5, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Humans aren’t alone in their talent for voices & babble. 🧠 New research shows dogs, pigs & humans share ancient brain wiring for vocal sounds, while fast-growing infant brains help humans & marmosets learn to talk. #Anthropology #LanguageEvolution #Neuroarchaeology #Linguistics
👉 Read more: Thttps://translatedpage.com/the-history-of-language/
#LanguageHistory #Linguistics #LanguageEvolution #FunFacts #LanguageLovers
#LanguageHistory #Linguistics #LanguageEvolution #FunFacts #LanguageLovers
March 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
👉 Read more: Thttps://translatedpage.com/the-history-of-language/
#LanguageHistory #Linguistics #LanguageEvolution #FunFacts #LanguageLovers
#LanguageHistory #Linguistics #LanguageEvolution #FunFacts #LanguageLovers
Bonobos don’t just make calls—they combine them in ways that mirror human language. A new study suggests our primate relatives may share deep evolutionary roots of compositional speech. #LanguageEvolution #Bonobos #PrimateCommunication
The Linguistic Genius of Bonobos: How Our Primate Relatives Build Meaningful Call Combinations
Bonobos Use Compositionality, Challenging Human Uniqueness.
www.primatology.net
April 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Bonobos don’t just make calls—they combine them in ways that mirror human language. A new study suggests our primate relatives may share deep evolutionary roots of compositional speech. #LanguageEvolution #Bonobos #PrimateCommunication
#NewWord #LanguageEvolution #PoliticalLanguage #ResistanceGlossary #ActivistDictionary #SpeakTruth #JusticeTerms #ModernFascism #StopTheGenocide #Gaza #CeasefireNow #HumanRights #AntiFascist #Oppression101 #PowerStructures #StateViolence #TerminologyMatters #PoliticalEducation #MovementGlossary
November 21, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Thought-provoking paper on how Large Language Models are reshaping language evolution
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
#ai #llm #languageevolution #linguistics #language
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
#ai #llm #languageevolution #linguistics #language
Losing our Tail -- Again: On (Un)Natural Selection And Multilingual Large Language Models
Multilingual Large Language Models (LLMs) considerably changed how technologies can influence language. While previous technologies could mediate or assist humans, there is now a tendency to offload t...
doi.org
July 23, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Thought-provoking paper on how Large Language Models are reshaping language evolution
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
#ai #llm #languageevolution #linguistics #language
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
#ai #llm #languageevolution #linguistics #language