Research:I study the cognitive and cultural foundations of language, in order to investigate how language originated and became complex. My areas of research interest include:
- the evolution of language
- the cognitive origins of linguistic complexity
- (socio-)cognitive linguistics
- grammaticalisation
- cross-situational learning
- cultural evolution
- systematicity and regularisation
Autumn 2020: - Language and the Brain (LINU9L3);
- Language and Society (LINU911)
Spring 2021: - Foundations of Language (LINU912);
- Linguistic Structures (LINPP07)
Summer 2021: - Language and Cognition (LIN P02)
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School of Arts and Humanities, Pathfoot Building, Stirling, FK9 4LA email: andrew.smith AT stir.ac.uk Tel: +44 (0) 1786 467516 Twitter:
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