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This weekend, the researchers of the NCCR Evolving Language presented their research involving the apes of the Basel Zoo to the visitors of the “Basel Zoo Nacht”!
In June 2024, the project started its second phase. Discover all about it with NCCR director Balthasar Bickel in this video.
Is there a reason behind the structure of the words we use? Linguist Chundra Cathcart from the University of Zurich and the NCCR Evolving Language investigated a new hypothesis that could explain the relative fewness of words with identical consonants.
On the 27th of June, the Swiss National Science Fondation (SNSF) rewarded the work of the NCCR Evolving Language’s in the field of Data Science.
In a recent study, researchers discovered that pairs of marmosets take turns feeding and being vigilant. They provide a mathematical framework for studying synchronisation in animals. Their work is featured on the cover of the journal PLOS Computational Biology.
Get an insider’s view of these incredible installations allowing brilliant minds to drive research forward with the new video released by the HNP! A must-watch…
After four years of successful research, the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Evolving Language expands its scope by adding the University of Neuchâtel as a third home institution next to the Universities of Zurich and Geneva. The centre pursues its bold commitment to unite researchers from across Switzerland and diverse fields of study.
This is an agents’ world. Through a transspecies study, researchers from the University of Neuchâtel and NCCR Evolving Language have discovered that great apes could have a similar perception of events as humans. This hints at an ancestral origin of syntax features that are universal in human languages, according to Sarah Brocard and her team.
NCCR researcher Hans-Johann Glock has published a new book. It is composed of a collection of essays on Wittgenstein originally published between 1996 and 2019, with a new introduction.