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Department of Comparative Language Science

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We are interested in the comparative study of languages, language varieties, acquisition and language evolution comparativelinguistics.uzh.ch/en.html

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Phylogenetic modeling of corpus data reveals similar rates of word order evolution in main and subordinate clauses: new paper in Diachronica by department members Yingqi, @BalthasarBickel and Paul Widmer, ISLE, NCCR Evolving Language, University of Zurich. #OA at zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/2359…

Phylogenetic modeling of corpus data reveals similar rates of word order evolution in main and subordinate clauses: new paper in <a href="/Diachronica2/">Diachronica</a> by department members <a href="/YingqiJing/">Yingqi</a>, @BalthasarBickel and <a href="/PaulWidmer2/">Paul Widmer</a>, <a href="/ISLE_uzh/">ISLE</a>, <a href="/NCCR_Language/">NCCR Evolving Language</a>, <a href="/UZH_en/">University of Zurich</a>. #OA at zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/2359…
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New morphology paper from Herce, Carmen Saldana John Mansfield @BalthasarBickel; we combine typological and experimental methods to reveal important evidence for "similarity based structure". Semantic similarity drives paradigmatic patterns. glossa-journal.org/article/id/928…

New morphology paper from Herce, <a href="/Hatorada/">Carmen Saldana</a> <a href="/johnbasil/">John Mansfield</a> @BalthasarBickel; we combine typological and experimental methods to reveal important evidence for "similarity based structure". Semantic similarity drives paradigmatic patterns. 
glossa-journal.org/article/id/928…
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📚(DCLS Colloquium, UZH) Department of Comparative Language Science University of Zurich "Formal and emotional aspects of human language" by John Mansfield ⏳Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 4, 2023 from 16:15 to 18:00. More info: comparativelinguistics.uzh.ch/en/colloquium.…

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Open Technician position in my group! Hope you enjoy research on genomics of plants and more with us: a group picture during a recent lab retreat in Lichtenstein. Please apply by 31 Oct, preferably earlier. Job description here: jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen… UZH Science URPP Evolution in Action

Open Technician position in my group! Hope you enjoy research on genomics of plants and more with us: a group picture during a recent lab retreat in Lichtenstein. Please apply by 31 Oct, preferably earlier. Job description here:
jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen… <a href="/UZH_Science/">UZH Science</a> <a href="/uzh_evolution/">URPP Evolution in Action</a>
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Looking forward to our DCLS colloquium this evening: Eleanor Chodroff Eleanor Chodroff (UZH), "Crosslinguistic structure in phonetic realization" 16:15 – 18:00, UZH room AFL-F-121 comparativelinguistics.uzh.ch/en/colloquium.…

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new Chana Research Station in Pucallpa, Peru! Collaboration with @PUCP, MPI-EVA Leipzig and UZH, to preserve and strengthen Amazonian native languages. Read more here: comparativelinguistics.uzh.ch/en/news/2023/2…

new Chana Research Station in Pucallpa, Peru! Collaboration with @PUCP, <a href="/MPI_EVA_Leipzig/">MPI-EVA Leipzig</a> and UZH, to preserve and strengthen Amazonian native languages. Read more here:
comparativelinguistics.uzh.ch/en/news/2023/2…
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Looking forward to tomorrow night's installment in our language evolution lecture series, Angela D. Friederici FriedericiLab, "Sprache und Gehirn: Ursprung und Entwicklung der menschlichen Sprachfähigkeit" 18:15, UZH room F-180 uzh.ch/cmsssl/de/even…

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🚨 #Opening for a #professorship (Assistant, #TenureTrack) in #evolutionary #genetics with a focus on #genetics of #language Universität Zürich University of Zurich UZH Science Application deadline: 26 November 2023 👉jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen…

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New UZH permanent lecturer position in Mathematical Foundations of Language! See details at link below and please repost. jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen…

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On November 6-8, DCLS and ISLE will host the fifth edition of Crosslinguistic Perspectives on Processing and Learning (X-PPL) Keynotes Aylin Küntay, Susan Goldin-Meadow, Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky. #psycholinguistics Please join us! register here- comparativelinguistics.uzh.ch/en/events/x-pp…

On November 6-8, DCLS and <a href="/ISLE_uzh/">ISLE</a> will host the fifth edition of Crosslinguistic Perspectives on Processing and Learning (X-PPL) 
Keynotes Aylin Küntay, Susan Goldin-Meadow, Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky.  #psycholinguistics 
Please join us! register here- comparativelinguistics.uzh.ch/en/events/x-pp…
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📢 JOB ALERT: Permanent #lecturer position in Mathematical Foundations of Language at @UZH ISLE NCCR Evolving Language. Join language scientists, (neuro)biologists, mathematicians, psychologists, exploring language evolution. RT #Mathjobs #DataScience jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen…

📢 JOB ALERT: Permanent #lecturer position in Mathematical Foundations of Language at @UZH <a href="/ISLE_uzh/">ISLE</a> <a href="/NCCR_Language/">NCCR Evolving Language</a>. Join language scientists, (neuro)biologists, mathematicians, psychologists, exploring language evolution. RT #Mathjobs #DataScience
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Next ISLE colloquium from Marta Manser Vlad Demartsev Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin on "The complex landscape of animal communication: from sharing information to coordinating groups" UZH Irchel campus, Room Y03-G-95 Tues 31.10, 12:15pm isle.uzh.ch/en/colloquium/…

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Next DCLS colloquium will be from Pelin Teberoğlu (UZH) on "An acoustic analysis of the Turkish vowel system". Weds 01.11, 4:15pm Affolternstrasse AFL-F-121 comparativelinguistics.uzh.ch/en/colloquium.…

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🌐 Dive into the evolution of communication at UZH's lecture: "How languages change and diversify" by Chundra Cathcart ISLE 🗣️ Join us for a linguistic journey on Nov 9, 6:15 PM at KO2-F-180 🔗uzh.ch/cmsssl/de/even…

🌐 Dive into the evolution of communication at UZH's lecture: "How languages change and diversify" by Chundra Cathcart <a href="/ISLE_uzh/">ISLE</a>  🗣️ Join us for a linguistic journey on Nov 9, 6:15 PM at KO2-F-180
🔗uzh.ch/cmsssl/de/even…
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Our next DCLS Colloquim will be from Ioulia Kovelman (Uni Michigan) on "The Reading Brain:  Bilingual and Cross-Linguistic Perspectives on Literacy". 15 Nov, 4:15pm - 6:00pm UZH Affolternstrasse campus, room AFL-F-121 comparativelinguistics.uzh.ch/en/colloquium.…

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DCLS members are hosting a workshop "Diachronic dynamics and Typology of Similarity and Identity Avoidance", the International Congress of Linguistics, in Poznan September 2024. Please submit abstracts! icl2024poznan.pl/?id=2

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This weeks DCLS colloquium will feature Caroline Andrews on "Producing case in Shipibo-Konibo: Ergativity and Optionality in Planning" Weds 22.11, 4:15 pm to 6:00 pm UZH Oerlikon, room AFL-F-121 comparativelinguistics.uzh.ch/en/colloquium.…

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Excited for this week's seminar in our language evolution series! Michael Tomasello on "What has language ever done for us?" Thurs 6:15pm, UZH Zentrum KO2-F-180

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Next week in our DCLS colloquium series, our own Catalina will present on "Crossed, nested, and adjoint dependencies in Swiss German: a prosodic investigation". Weds 6 Dec, 4:15pm UZH Oerlkon, AFL-F-121

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Our DCLS Colloquium this week is from Yaqing Su (UZH/UNIGE) on "Exploring hierarchical prediction in human speech comprehension" Weds 4:15 pm to 6:00 pm UZH Oerlikon, AFL-F-121