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Centre for Language Evolution

The Centre for Language Evolution is an interdisciplinary centre at the University of Edinburgh based within the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. The aim of the project is to understand the origins and evolution of language using a combination of laboratory techniques, computational simulation, and mathematical modelling, drawing on data from language development, change, variation and emergence. They grew out of the Language Evolution and Computation research unit, which was founded in 1997.

STARFISH

The STARFISH (Sociolinguistic Typology and Responsive Features in Syntactic History) project aims to investigate whether adult second language acquisition can lead to changes in the syntax of a language in historical time. In particular, they are interested in whether there are syntactic features that are particularly favoured or disfavoured in languages historically characterized by a high proportion of adult second-language acquirers independently of what their first language is, and - if so - what these "responsive" features are.

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