Michael Pleyer

@symbolicstorage@scholar.social
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nerd. cognitive/evolutionary linguist. Assistant Professor at the Center for Language Evolution Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. PhD (2019) @UniHeidelberg. interested in language, cognition & evolution. (he/him)
Websitewww.michaelpleyer.com
LocationToruń, Poland
Michael PleyerNov 25
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT!🚨
The 'Design Features' of Language Revisited
(With Marcus Perlman, Gary Lupyan, Koen de Reus & Limor Raviv)
Feature Review out now in #OpenAccess in Trends in Cognitive Sciences
Full Paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2025.10.004
Press Release: https://www.mpi.nl/news/65-year-old-framework-challenged-modern-research
Michael PleyerNov 14
🚨NEW PUBLICATION ALERT🚨
"From extant to extinct: The role of experiments and interdisciplinary inferences in studying cognitive and #language evolution." (with Svetlana Kuleshova)
Out now in #OpenAccess in Journal of Archaeological Science https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305440325002729
Michael PleyerSep 16
Jonas 𝓜. NölleSep 15
The 9th Protolang is kicked off in Vienna
with a fun WS on animal studies.
Loving how interactive it is! 🦥🐒🦍🐦🦇🐘
#protolang9
#evolinguistics #linguistics #cognitivescience #biology
Michael PleyerSep 16
Stefan HartmannSep 2
After publishing in the Journal of Primatology, I thought I should extend my studies to other animal species, so here's a paper about chickens and eggs. Thanks to Andreas Baumann for inviting me to collaborate on this exciting project! https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027725002410?via%3Dihub
Michael PleyerSep 16
Jonas 𝓜. NölleSep 15

Theresa Matzinger from @uniwien is officially opening the #protolang9 conference! Thanks to all the team!
David Cserjan points out the breadth of the conference:
#evolinguistics #archaelogy #neuroscience #computerscience #biology #animalcommunication #linguistics #philospohy #psychology #cognition etc

All necessary to crack the problem of #languageEvolution

Michael PleyerSep 13
Stefan HartmannSep 12
New paper with Antonio Benítez-Burraco & @symbolicstorage: The Role of Play in Language Structure, Acquisition and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1111/lnc3.70021
Michael PleyerJul 3

I am honoured to have been awarded the Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for Outstanding Young Scientists.

Also congratulations to my colleague Marta Sibierska! Out of the six Scholarships in #Linguistics in all of Poland two went to our lab, which is pretty awesome!

https://www.human.umk.pl/wiadomosci/?id=42129&fbclid

Michael PleyerJul 1

🚨NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 🚨

Out now in #OpenAccess in Interaction Studies (w/ Theresa Matzinger, Elizabeth Qing Zhang & Przemysław Żywiczyński)

We looked at how Polish & Chinese participants evaluate inter-turn pauses made by native & non-native speakers

https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/is.24044.mat

Show threadMichael PleyerJun 25
Thanks to the editors for putting this great volume (based on the International Congress of Linguists 2024) together, lots of interesting contributions featuring Fritz Newmeyer, Asli Özyurek, Felix Ameka, Yaron Matras, and many many more! https://brill.com/display/title/71349
Contemporary Linguistics: Integrating Languages, Communities, and Technologies

"Contemporary Linguistics: Integrating Languages, Communities, and Technologies" published on 13 Jun 2025 by Brill.

Brill
Michael PleyerJun 25
🚨New Publication Alert!🚨
‬ Theresa Matzinger and I have written a little review of " #Language Evolution as an Interdisciplinary and Integrative Research Field."
Out now in "Contemporary #Linguistics Integrating Languages, Communities, and Technologies."
Preprint of our contribution here: https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/fkpcn_v1