@anitaslonimska

Postdoc @Multimodallang @MPI_NL Multimodality, Pragmatics, Language Evolution https://xitter.cf/t.co/k3UchD7pHX

 The Netherlands
Joined February 2010
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Serpil Karabuklu@s_karabukluJul 24
New preprint! Can continuous movement encode linguistic structure? Using computer vision and trajectory analysis, we show that the kinematic organization of ASL and TİD head nods differ by linguistic function in ways hidden by traditional annotation. doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jgq9…
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Michael Pleyer@symbolicstorageApr 26
The full proceedings of #Evolang2026 the 16th International Conference on the Evolution of language are out now! ~125 papers and 575 pages of cutting-edge interdisciplinary research on language evolution! doi.org/10.17617/2.3696655
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Just published in Biological Reviews (viewable, not printable unless you subscribe): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… Preprint (printable): ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/009252…

Ancestral iconicity: the dance language of bees revisited

The waggle dance of bees has given rise to some of the most striking and detailed studies of animal communication. But because of its gradient character, the waggle dance has widely been taken to...

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Philippe Schlenker 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 👨‍🏫@phschlenker_ac3 Sep 2025
“Ancestral Iconicity: the Dance Language of Bees Revisited”, a new collective paper. ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/009252 The waggle dance of bees is recognized as a remarkable communication system, but it is usually thought to have properties that are wholly distinct from human language.
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Michael Pleyer@symbolicstorageApr 11
And that was #EvolangXVI! Thanks to all the organisers and helpers, it was an amazing experience as always! See you all in 2028 in Nijmegen, NL for #EvolangXVII, organised by @Limor_Raviv @ozyurek_a & @ProfSimonFisher !
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I'm hiring! 📢 Come work with me on how different social pressures shape the evolution of new communication systems in the lab! Deadline for application is May 18th! mpi.nl/career-education/vaca…
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Vittorio Gallese@GalleseVittorioMar 23
"Before we name, we touch. We propose that the roots of language lie not in abstract, amodal symbols but in early bodily experience." Our Opinion paper is out in TICS. Congrats Luca Sergey Rinaldi !! sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Micha Heilbron @EMNLP@m_heilbMar 10
📢 PhD position in Developmental Language Modelling (plz RT🙏) What can human language acquisition teach us about training language models? Join us as a PhD! 4 yrs, fully funded, MPI-NL; april 3 mpi.nl/career-education/vaca…
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New open-access paper with @ozyurek_a & @manucampisi5 We extend relevance theory to a multimodal view of language, demonstrating that speakers explicitly highlight iconic gestures as communicatively relevant in knowledge transmission context 🔗 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Adults mark the communicative relevance of their gestures more for children than for other adults

According to relevance theory, communication relies on speakers’ ability to signal relevant information, which addressees use to infer meaning efficiently. Most research within the relevance theore...

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We show that speakers increase the use of ostensive cues (e.g., gaze shift and/or demonstratives in speech) to mark gestures as communicatively relevant with children vs. adults. We also show that use of the ostensive cues follows the principle of communicative efficiency! 5/6
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This work takes a first step toward bridging relevance theory and empirical research on multimodal communication in context, illustrating how the theoretical concept of ostension can be applied to a multimodal view of language. 6/6
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Anastasia Bauer@AnastasiaBaue18Feb 16
Our new paper out now @Glossa! ✨
Across 4 languages (signed and spoken), we show that feedback is dominated by non-manual signals (head movements, facial gestures). Verbal/manual feedback is not central. Time for a multimodal reconceptualization. 🔓 glossa-journal.org/article/i… 💬

Rethinking linguistic feedback: A modality-agnostic and holistic approach to multimodal addressee...

In this paper, we investigate multimodal recipient feedback in casual dyadic conversation in four languages: German Sign Language, Russian Sign Language, spoken German, and spoken Russian. Taking a...

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You can read the full chapter here: Iconicity in simultaneous constructions in sign languages | Max Planck Institute share.google/rzwFU9EpdXJbsHV…
Anita Slonimska, PhD@anitaslonimskaFeb 3
Happy to share that my chapter on Iconicity in simultaneous constructions in sign languages is finally out! academic.oup.com/edited-volu…

Iconicity in simultaneous constructions in sign languages

AbstractSimultaneous constructions present a unique linguistic property in sign languages where multiple body articulators (hands, torso, head, facial expr

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Happy to share that my chapter on Iconicity in simultaneous constructions in sign languages is finally out! academic.oup.com/edited-volu…

Iconicity in simultaneous constructions in sign languages

AbstractSimultaneous constructions present a unique linguistic property in sign languages where multiple body articulators (hands, torso, head, facial expr

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Michael Pleyer@symbolicstorage25 Nov 2025
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT!🚨 The 'Design Features' of Language Revisited (w/ Marcus Perlman, @glupyan, Koen de Reus & @Limor_Raviv ). Feature Review out now in #OpenAccess in @TrendsCognSci!
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MOSAIC@UofG_MOSAIC12 Nov 2025
Join MOSAIC’s November Grand Challenge to explore how to annotate social interaction with ELAN, from classic methods to integrations with speech, motion and computer vision. With @anitaslonimska, @mamus_ezgi and @shoakamine1 from the MPI . 🗓 20 Nov | 15:00–16:30 GMT | Zoom
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DCAL@DCAL_UCL31 Oct 2025
PhD Opportunity at UCL – Tactile Sign Language & DeafBlind Communication. Funded PhD at DCAL exploring tactile BSL and DeafBlind interaction. UK only. Deadline 1 Dec 2025. ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/dea…

PhD Opportunity at UCL – Tactile Sign Language & DeafBlind Communication | UCL Faculty of Brain...

Join a pioneering ERC-funded project at UCL’s DCAL, Europe’s leading centre for Deafness, Cognition & Language research.

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MOSAIC@UofG_MOSAIC2 Oct 2025
📅 16 Oct | 14:00–15:30 (GMT) | Zoom 👓 Wearable Facial Multimodal Sensing with @emteqlabs Join MOSAIC's October Grand Challenge to explore how next-gen facial worn wearables open new opportunities for studying multimodal social interaction. Reply below for zoom link
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