The origins of the Scots language - in Scots Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2017-10-31 | An introduction to the tongues, peoples and events that shaped the earliest history of the Scots language. Please note, the Scots subtitles are listed as "Esperanto", as YouTube does not currently provide Scots as a language option.Credits: Production/Animation: Laura BowlesScript: The FITS team (Rhona Alcorn, Vasilis Karaiskos, Joanna Kopaczyk, Bettelou Los, Warren Maguire, Benjamin Molineaux)Voiceovers: Rhona Alcorn (Scottish English) and Hamish MacDonald (Scots)Scots Translation: Derrick McClureMusic: “Pentland Hills” by James Oswald (in arrangements by Alistair Hardie and David Johnson) performed by Alistair Hardie.
PPLS Perspectives - Episode five: Evolution of Language Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2024-07-18 | How does language evolve from generation to generation? What factors shape the way we communicate? Professor Kenny Smith sits down to chat to PhD student Maisy Hallam about his work in our latest episode.
PPLS Perspectives Podcast - Episode 2 - Accent Bias Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2024-07-18 | Does the way we speak act as a barrier to social mobility? In our second episode PhD candidate Gilly Marchini discusses this issue with sociolinguist Dr. Christian Ilbury.
[ELLT] John Payne Attributive adjectives and the complement-modifier distinction Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2024-02-20 | ...
[ELLT] John Joseph Pullums Progress Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2024-02-20 | PDF: brettrey.github.io/pullum-festschrift/Pullums-Progress-web-version.pdf
[ELLT] Brett Reynolds Why more and less are never adverbs Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2024-02-20 | ...
[ELLT] Philip Miller and Peter Culicover Lexical be Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2024-02-20 | ...
[ELLT] Nikolas Gisborne Mutual dependency, wh- clauses and Word Grammar Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2024-02-20 | ...
[ELLT] Ryan Nefdt How to be neutral about linguistic infinity Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2024-02-20 | ...
[ELLT] Chris Potts Characterising English Preposing in PP Constructions Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2024-02-20 | ...
[ELLT] Mark Steedman Model-Theoretic Syntax for the Working Syntactician Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2024-02-20 | ...
[ELLT] Polly Jacobson From GPSG to CG (and partway back again) Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2024-02-20 | ...
Adele Goldberg: Accessibility and Attractor Dynamics over Historical Time Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2023-11-28 | ...
Language Sciences at The University of Edinburgh Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2023-11-22 | Thinking about studying an MSc in Linguistics or English Language? Hear from staff and students in the world-leading department at the University of Edinburgh and find out more about our vibrant community.
Balthasar Bickel: Biases in Language Evolution Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2023-11-21 | The Edinburgh Lectures in Language Evolution are an annual series of lectures surveying the state of the art in our understanding of the origins and evolution of language in our species. For the 2023 edition, our speakers are Steve Piantadosi (UC Berkeley), Isabelle Dautriche (Aix-Marseille University), Balthasar Bickel (University of Zurich), and Adele Goldberg (Princeton). Each event begins with a virtual talk by one of the visiting speakers that showcases their research. The talk is followed by a panel discussion between all four speakers, after which the audience have an opportunity to join the conversation.For more information, visit www.elle2023.org
Isabelle Dautriche: The primitive of semantic computations in human infants and baboons Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2023-11-14 | The Edinburgh Lectures in Language Evolution are an annual series of lectures surveying the state of the art in our understanding of the origins and evolution of language in our species. For the 2023 edition, our speakers are Steve Piantadosi (UC Berkeley), Isabelle Dautriche (Aix-Marseille University), Balthasar Bickel (University of Zurich), and Adele Goldberg (Princeton). Each event begins with a virtual talk by one of the visiting speakers that showcases their research. The talk is followed by a panel discussion between all four speakers, after which the audience have an opportunity to join the conversation.For more information, visit www.elle2023.org
Steve Piantadosi: Syntax and Semantics in the Age of Large Language Models (ELLE 2023) Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2023-11-07 | The Edinburgh Lectures in Language Evolution are an annual series of lectures surveying the state of the art in our understanding of the origins and evolution of language in our species. For the 2023 edition, our speakers are Steve Piantadosi (UC Berkeley), Isabelle Dautriche (Aix-Marseille University), Balthasar Bickel (University of Zurich), and Adele Goldberg (Princeton). Each event begins with a virtual talk by one of the visiting speakers that showcases their research. The talk is followed by a panel discussion between all four speakers, after which the audience have an opportunity to join the conversation.For more information, visit www.elle2023.org
Asifa Majid - Language and Cognition or languages and cognitions? (ELLE 2022) Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2022-06-24 | The Edinburgh Lectures in Language Evolution are an annual series of lectures surveying the state of the art in our understanding of the origins and evolution of language in our species. For the 2022 edition, our speakers are Ev Fedorenko (MIT), Tom Griffiths (Princeton), Tecumseh Fitch (Vienna), and Asifa Majid (Oxford). Each event begins with a virtual talk by one of the visiting speakers that showcases their research. The talk is followed by a panel discussion between all four speakers, after which the audience have an opportunity to join the conversation.For more information, visit www.elle2022.org
Tecumseh Fitch - How to study language evolution: Beyond evolutionarios (ELLE 2022) Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2022-06-17 | The Edinburgh Lectures in Language Evolution are an annual series of lectures surveying the state of the art in our understanding of the origins and evolution of language in our species. For the 2022 edition, our speakers are Ev Fedorenko (MIT), Tom Griffiths (Princeton), Tecumseh Fitch (Vienna), and Asifa Majid (Oxford). Each event begins with a virtual talk by one of the visiting speakers that showcases their research. The talk is followed by a panel discussion between all four speakers, after which the audience have an opportunity to join the conversation.To register for future talks, visit www.elle2022.org
Tom Griffiths - Overcoming inductive biases in cumulative cultural evolution (ELLE 2022) Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2022-06-10 | The Edinburgh Lectures in Language Evolution are an annual series of lectures surveying the state of the art in our understanding of the origins and evolution of language in our species. For the 2022 edition, our speakers are Ev Fedorenko (MIT), Tom Griffiths (Princeton), Tecumseh Fitch (Vienna), and Asifa Majid (Oxford). Each event begins with a virtual talk by one of the visiting speakers that showcases their research. The talk is followed by a panel discussion between all four speakers, after which the audience have an opportunity to join the conversation.To register for future talks, visit www.elle2022.org
Ev Fedorenko - The language system in the human mind and brain (ELLE 2022) Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2022-06-03 | The Edinburgh Lectures in Language Evolution are an annual series of lectures surveying the state of the art in our understanding of the origins and evolution of language in our species. For the 2022 edition, our speakers are Ev Fedorenko (MIT), Tom Griffiths (Princeton), Tecumseh Fitch (Vienna), and Asifa Majid (Oxford). Each event begins with a virtual talk by one of the visiting speakers that showcases their research. The talk is followed by a panel discussion between all four speakers, after which the audience have an opportunity to join the conversation.To register for future talks, visit www.elle2022.org
Why is the project called ‘We grow languages’? Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2021-07-22 | How can we study language evolution? And why do we need to know how languages evolve? Watch this video to find out!________Welcome to We Grow Languages! We are a group of researchers who grow languages. We do this in the laboratory, by asking people to improvise, using only their hands to communicate. And we do this because we want to study how languages can start from scratch.Watch our vlogs or find out more on the project website: wegrowlanguages.comGraphics created in Canva
Edinburgh Lectures in Language Evolution: Gareth Roberts Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2021-04-07 | Professor Gareth Roberts, University of Pennsylvania, presents on the social modulation of learning and communicative pressures in the cultural evolution of language.#edinlangevhttp://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/cle
Edinburgh Lectures in Language Evolution: Cedric Boeckx Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2021-04-07 | Professor Cedric Boeckx, Catalan Institute for Advanced Studies (ICREA) and Universitat de Barcelona, presents 'In defence of more gradualism in language evolution'.#edinlangevhttp://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/cle
We grow languages - Introduction Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2021-02-11 | We are a group of researchers who grow languages. We do this in the laboratory, by asking people to improvise, using only their hands to communicate. And we do this because we want to study how languages can start from scratch.Watch our vlogs or find out more on the project website: http://wegrowlanguages.com
We grow languages - What is word order Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2021-02-10 | Do all languages follow the same 'subject-verb-object' word order like the English language? Watch this video to find out!________Welcome to We Grow Languages! We are a group of researchers who grow languages. We do this in the laboratory, by asking people to improvise, using only their hands to communicate. And we do this because we want to study how languages can start from scratch.Watch our vlogs or find out more on the project website: http://wegrowlanguages.comGraphics created in Canva
Caroline Heycock - Copular Clauses Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2019-04-03 | Prof Caroline Heycock introduces some of the key concepts behind her recent work with Dr Jutta M. Hartmann. This video was made with the assistance of the PPLS Knowledge Exchange and Impact Fund.The articles to which Prof Heycock refers are:Post-verbal subjects and agreement: Specificational copular clauses in FaroeseHartmann, J. & Heycock, C. 12 Sep 2018 Italian Journal of Linguistics. 30, 2, p. 187-212A remark on Béjar & Kahnemuyipour 2017: Specificational subjects do have phi-featuresHartmann, J. & Heycock, C. Aug 2018Journal of Linguistics. 54, 3, p. 611-627More on phi-features in and out of copular sentences: A reply to Béjar and Kahnemuyipour 2018Hartmann, Jutta M. & Heycock, C. 25 Jul 2018Journal of Linguistics. 54, p. 637-646
Welcome to Linguistics & English Language at Edinburgh Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2018-11-05 | How do you know what I mean? How do listeners decode speech? How and why does language vary, depending on which part of the city you are from? We ask these questions, as we teach you to ask questions of your own.
Smith, Kenny - How humans got language Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2018-05-09 | Inaugural lecture2/05/2018, University of Edinburgh
Prof Aditi Lahiri - Pertinacity of phonological nonesuches Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2017-11-07 | Professor Aditi Lahiri (Oxford) gives the first Angus McIntosh Centre Biennial Lecture entitled “Pertinacity of phonological nonesuches” (May 10th, 2017)For more details, see: http://www.amc.lel.ed.ac.uk/?event=biennial-lahiri
The origins of the Scots language - in English Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2017-10-31 | An introduction to the tongues, peoples and events that shaped the earliest history of the Scots language. Credits: Production/Animation: Laura BowlesScript: The FITS team (Rhona Alcorn, Vasilis Karaiskos, Joanna Kopaczyk, Bettelou Los, Warren Maguire, Benjamin Molineaux)Voiceovers: Rhona Alcorn (Scottish English) and Hamish MacDonald (Scots)Scots Translation: Derrick McClureMusic: “Pentland Hills” by James Oswald (in arrangements by Alistair Hardie and David Johnson) performed by Alistair Hardie.
Introducing: The Angus McIntosh Centre for Historical Linguistics Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2017-03-31 | A brief look at the history, aims and current work of the Angus McIntosh Centre for Historical Linguistics, a major research centre at the University of Edinburgh’s English Language and Linguistics Department.
Doctoral research at the Angus Mcintosh Centre Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2017-03-31 | Current doctoral students Daisy Smith and Jade Sandstedt on their linguistic research at the AMC.
Perspectives on Language Evolution: interview with Morten Christiansen Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2017-03-17 | Interview with Professor Morten Christiansen (Cornell University).The Centre for Language Evolution is an interdisciplinary centre at the University of Edinburgh based within the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Find out more: http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/cle
Life beyond Linguistics at Edinburgh: Graduate Stories: Thea Graham Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2016-04-07 | Thinking about studying Linguistics at Edinburgh? Meet Thea Graham, an MA (Hons) Linguistics graduate (2012) now working as a Senior Marine Proposals Engineer at Alcatel-Lucent.
Jon Carr: Language Evolution Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2016-03-24 | Part of the 3-Minute Thesis heats at the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, 11th March 2016. Read more at: http://www.ed.ac.uk/institute-academic-development/postgraduate/doctoral/3mt
Marieke Woensdregt: Is talk cheap? Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2016-03-22 | Part of the 3-Minute Thesis heats at the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, 11th March 2016. Read more at: http://www.ed.ac.uk/institute-academic-development/postgraduate/doctoral/3mt
Maddie Long: Language and the Brain: The Skyes the Limit Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2016-03-22 | Part of the 3 Minute Thesis heats at the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, 11th March 2016. Read more at: http://www.ed.ac.uk/institute-academic-development/postgraduate/doctoral/3mt
Josef Fruehwald : Prolegomena to a Grammar of Knitting Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2016-03-22 | A special guest presentation at the 3 Minute Thesis heats, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, 11th March 2016. Read more at: http://www.ed.ac.uk/institute-academic-development/postgraduate/doctoral/3mt
Maha Al-Ayyash: Third Party Medical Interaction in Saudi Arabia Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2016-03-22 | Part of the 3 Minute Thesis heats at the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, 11th March 2016. Read more at: http://www.ed.ac.uk/institute-academic-development/postgraduate/doctoral/3mt
Ernisa Marzuki: Communication as a make or break factor in resuscitations of OHCA Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2016-03-22 | Part of the 3 Minute Thesis heats at the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences, 11th March 2016. Read more at: http://www.ed.ac.uk/institute-academic-development/postgraduate/doctoral/3mt
Generative Syntax 2.3: It-Clefts and Constituency Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2016-02-14 | Prof Heycock looks at how it-clefts can be used to confirm constituency.
Life beyond Linguistics at Edinburgh: Graduate Stories: Ryan Hamilton Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2016-02-12 | Thinking about studying Linguistics at Edinburgh? Meet Ryan Hamilton, an MA (Hons) Linguistics graduate (2013) now working as a technician at Caley Water.
Dr Lauren Hall-Lew Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2015-10-05 | Dr Lauren Hall-Lew, Lecturer in Sociolinguistics, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences at the University of Edinburgh on studying Linguistics
Generative Syntax 2.2: Moving Constituents Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2015-09-28 | Prof Heycock demonstrates another way to diagnose constituency: moving the words in question.The class uses the free online textbook “Syntax of Natural Language” by Santorini and Kroch at http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/syntax-textbook/. CC BY-NC-SA (3.0)http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
Generative Syntax 2.1: Substituting Constituents Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2015-09-12 | Prof Caroline Heycock looks at how substitution can be a diagnostic for constituency.The class uses the free online textbook “Syntax of Natural Language” by Santorini and Kroch at http://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/syntax-textbook/. CC BY-NC-SA (3.0)http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
Pullum on Passives (6/6): Theres nothing wrong with passives Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2015-08-05 | Prof Pullum looks at the objections to passives that people have, dismissing them one by one.CC BY-NC-SA (3.0)http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
Pullum on Passives (5/6): But those arent passives! Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2015-08-05 | Prof Pullum looks at a wide array of advice literature on how to write, and finds that misinformation about the passive voice is flourishing without check.CC BY-NC-SA (3.0)http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
Dr Lauren Hall-Lew: Tourist Attitudes to Linguistic Variation in Scotland Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2015-08-05 | From a chapter published in European Perspectives V, Studies in Language Variation (SILV) series. Amsterdam & Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company. benjamins.com/#catalog/books/silv.17/mainFind out more about the project here: http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/~lhlew/tourism.html
Pullum on Passives (4/6): Strunk and White get it wrong every time Linguistics and English Language at the University of Edinburgh 2015-08-05 | Prof Pullum shows how reading The Elements of Style is one of the worst ways to teach yourself about the passive voice.CC BY-NC-SA (3.0)http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
