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Mark Ellison

@tmarke

Bayesian Computational Cognitive Scientist, Linguist, Computational Modeller, Software Developer, Buddhist

 AU/Perth
Joined March 2009
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Asifa Majid@asifa_majid30 Jul 2022
Congratulations @NickJChater!
CogSci Society (@cogsci_soc) profile pictureCogSci Society@cogsci_soc29 Jul 2022
Huge congratulations to the recipient of the 23rd David E. Rumelhart Prize, Nicholas Chater! Visit the Rumelhart Prize page on our website to learn more cognitivesciencesociety.org/… #CogSci2022 #RumelhartPrize
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Metaphor arises in protolanguage with compositionality + selectional restrictions, and is the launching pad for the evolution of grammatical structure. Selectional restrictions transcend holistic vs isolating debate. With @Uta_Reinoehl link.springer.com/article/10…

Compositionality, Metaphor, and the Evolution of Language

International Journal of Primatology - One of the great unknowns in language evolution is the transition from unstructured sign combination to grammatical structure. This paper investigates the...

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Our #languageorigin paper is out @RSocPublishing Gesture communicates better than vocalisation cross-culturally (Australia, Vanuatu) & cross-modally (blind, sighted). Gesture’s success due to its greater #universality @UniKoeln @CoEDLang @UWApsych royalsocietypublishing.org/d…
Gesture is the primary modality for language creation

Gesture is the primary modality for language creation

Abstract. How language began is one of the oldest questions in science, but theories remain speculative due to a lack of direct evidence. Here, we report t

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Absolutely hypnotic
Matt Lucas HQ (@RealMattLucas) profile pictureMatt Lucas HQ
@RealMattLucas10 May 2020
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People ask me "so what's the project you're working for about?", and this is a nice, lay-man's answer! A short write-up about the ERC funded GramAdapt Project @GramAdapt
GramAdapt (@GramAdapt) profile pictureGramAdapt@GramAdapt16 Mar 2020
GramAdapt Project general introduction! Kaius Sinnemäki and his ERC funded research group develop new methods for comparing the world’s languages in their social contexts to better understand global linguistic diversity and its development. flamma.helsinki.fi/en/group/…
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Native English Speakers - can you help our linguistic study (@uni_mainz): quick, easy, interesting. Just complete some sentences for us. Thanks! - @tmarke & Uta obligator.ics.pw/study2019C.… – at Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
A new 50 cent coin for #internationalyearofindigenouslanguages launched today! theconversation.com/the-14-i…
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One of my favs from this Evolang. nitter.cf/kristian_tylen/status/…
Kristian Tylén (@kristian_tylen) profile pictureKristian Tylén@kristian_tylen20 Apr 2018
Got a lot of great feedback for my @EvolangConf talk on experimental investigations of early human symbolic behavior. Now @sciencemagazine made a feature about our work: sciencemag.org/news/2018/04/…
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New paper on the origin and expansion of Pama-Nyungan, the world's largest hunter-gatherer language family, is just out in Nature Ecology & Evolution - nature.com/articles/s41559-0…
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John McWhorter with Colbert on Late Show: m.youtube.com/watch?v=RSH48E…
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nicolas fay@Nicolas_Fay16 Feb 2018
New in @EvolHumBehav Applying the Cultural Ratchet to a Social Artefact: The Cumulative Cultural Evolution of a Language Game with: @tmarke @fusaroli @kristian_tylen @boyautocrat @UWApsych @interact_minds ehbonline.org/article/S1090-…
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#Snow falling in Weston, in #Canberra ACT
Paper out (with L Miceli) in Language on bias behind bilingual-led loss of shared vocabulary in related languages. muse.jhu.edu/article/662882
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Today's offering from Melanie Phillips just the latest of a number of historical interlopes. I applaud her efforts to breakup of the UK. nitter.cf/DJMHarland/status/8400…
#WorldEconomicForum worry-fest 2017: extreme #weather, involuntary #migration, #water crises, large-scale #Terror attacks and #DataTheft
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Brian Pedaci@bpedaci9 Nov 2016
BRITAIN: Brexit is the stupidest, most self-destructive act a country could undertake. USA: Hold my beer.
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#qanda Imagine if going to your neighbour's for help in a crisis left you facing indefinite imprisonment. That's what we do.
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#QandA rapidly returning non-refugees to their country of origin would be better at undercutting people smugglers than indefinite detention
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