Thanks to @acwiek.bsky.social for capturing me in my element at #EvolangXVI
#EvolangXVI
an image of Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Had an amazing time at #EvolangXVI, the 16. International Conference on the Evolution of Language in Plovdiv, Bulgaria! Our lab the Center for Language Evolution Studes at Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń was out in full force, a short summary thread of our work 🧵⬇️ #language #linguistics
Very happy to have been selected as a runner-up for the Hurford Prize at #EvolangXVI for my talk on how children's narrow learning bottleneck accelerates the emergence of statistical properties of language! Huge congrats to @maisyhallam.bsky.social for an amazing winning talk 🎉
Honored to be runner-up for Best Student Talk at #EvolangXVI 🏆✨
My work on cognitive biases in zebra finches 🐦 was a joy to share. Grateful for the inspiring discussions on linguistics, iconicity & ape vocalizations, and for all the great connections 🌍🤝
#Linguistics #CognitiveScience #AcademicLife
Surprised, humbled and grateful in equal measures to have received this award for my talk on the evolution of kinship semantics. #EvolangXVI, you were gorgeous - here’s to next time in Nijmegen!
And congratulations to @luciewolters.bsky.social and Marco Maolini, the two Runners up for the #EvolangXVI Hurford Prize!
Congratulations to @maisyhallam.bsky.social for winning the #EvolangXVI Hurford Prize for the best student presentation!
And that was #EvolangXVI! Thanks to all the organisers and helpers, it was an amazing experience as always! See you all in 2028 in Nijmegen, NL for #EvolangXVII, organised by @limorraviv.bsky.social @asliozyurek.bsky.social and @profsimonfisher.bsky.social!
Just presented at #EvolangXVI.
My PhD is on Basque loanwords into Spanish. I just presented on what else Basque smuggled in while nobody was looking. 👀
The second day of #EvolangXVI starts with a plenary by Katie Slocombe. Primate communication and social cognition: roots of human language?
#EvolangXVI starts off with a plenary by @glupyan.bsky.social on the cognitive functions of language! #language #linguistics