Author Archives: Simon Kirby
This coming Tuesday 5th at 11-12.30, David White will give us a talk on the ideas that have developed during the first months of his PhD. The title is: Do language evolution and language change produce waste? Now teaching is over, we can move back into our usual room: 1.17, Dugald Stewart Building. See you [...]
We’re back on schedule for our LEC talks next week, with a guest lecture from Dorit Bar-On, visiting Edinburgh very briefly. This is a great opportunity to hear about Dorit’s work, which is extremely relevant to many of us in the LEC! We’ll be going out to lunch afterwards, so please do join us. NOTE [...]
Hi Everyone, Tomorrow’s LEC meeting will be a dry run of Thom’s plenary lecture for this year’s EHBEA conference. The title is: ‘Communication, Cognition and the Origins of Language‘. 11-12.30, G.16, Teviot quad, doorway 4. See you there! Si
For my public Inaugural Lecture, I will be trying to give a broad accessible summary of the importance of some of the recent research in the LEC. There will be a reception with drinks and canapes afterwards to celebrate – all welcome! 22nd March 5.15pm, Appleton Tower, Lecture Theatre 5 The Language Organism: evolution, culture, [...]
Next week, John Ohala will be visiting Edinburgh and giving a series of talks. As part of this, he will be giving a joint LEC/P-workshop talk on Wednesday 9th March at 1pm in room S1 7 George Square. This is a rare opportunity to hear Ohala’s views on language evolution. Don’t miss it! Title and [...]
Slawomir Wacevicz is visiting the LEC for a few weeks and has kindly agreed to give us a talk to give us a sense of his perspective on the ontological status of concepts. His talk title is: “What it means to be a <concept>” The talk will be in the usual place at the usual [...]
Tomorrow, Monica will be giving an update on the exciting results from our ESRC grant. The title is: “Social Factors in Language Evolution: Generation turnover and negotiation in usage” Monica Tamariz, Hannah Cornish, Sean Roberts & Simon Kirby It will be at 11-12.30 in G.16, Teviot quad doorway 4. We’ll be going to Vittoria’s on [...]
Tomorrow, Rachael will tell us about some of her ideas for a thesis topic with a talk entitled: “Audience design and common ground in comprehension” As usual, the talk will be 11-12.30 in G.16, Doorway 4, Teviot. We’ll be going for lunch afterwards. Please join us if you can.
This Tuesday, Justin will be giving a talk on his thesis work: Inference and Language Evolution, Room G.16, Teviot doorway 4, 11-12.30
Thom Scott-Phillips has been awarded the 2011 New Investigator award from the European Human Behaviour and Evolution Association. This means he will be presenting a plenary talk at the 2011 conference. Congratulations, Thom!