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.
Extensive social networks between different hunter-gatherer groups in the Congo Basin existed long before agriculture arrived in the region. This continent-wide exchange preserved a cultural diversity that evolved thousands of years ago, as researchers from the University of Zurich show based on musical instruments, specialized vocabulary and genetic information.
Pint of Science 2024 will take place from May 13 to May 15! Researchers from the NCCR Evolving Language from all scientific disciplines are participating. Join them in bars all over Switzerland!
What was motherhood like in prehistoric times? A documentary from ARTE, published on the 13th of April and with NCCR anthropologist Judith Burkart, dives into this fascinating subject.
The NCCR Evolving Language TTF Concepts organized a workshop on the 27th of March a workshop on “Finding Interdisciplinary Ground for Empirical Work on Meaning”. Around 50 NCCR researchers, from all fields of research and career levels participated in the event, in Neuchâtel.
Balthasar Bickel spoke at the ETH’s outreach seminar series Treffpunkt Science City on 24 March 2024 on “The family tree of languages (Der Stammbaum der Sprachen)”.
On International Mother Language Day, let’s remember that the NCCR Evolving Language works with the aim of preserving and promoting these endangered languages.
A joint initiative for a one-day workshop between researchers from TU’s Central Department of Linguistics and UZH’s Department of Comparative Language Science took place on February 16th in Kirtipur, Nepal.
In the spring semester of 2024, the Uni3 – Senior University of Geneva – offers classes on the evolution of language to its participants, in collaboration with the NCCR Evolving Language.