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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!
Next Tuesday, Vanessa will be talking about the work she is planning to do as part of her PhD and summarising some of the preliminary research she has already undertaken. The title of her talk will be: “Towards a general framework for cultural evolution“. Tuesday, 11-12.30 in Medical School G.16. We’ll be going for lunch [...]