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🚨 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 Pleyer Nov 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 Pleyer Jul 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 Pleyer Jul 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

Michael Pleyer Jun 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

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Michael Pleyer Mar 9

If you have experience with experimental design & ideally some interest in language evolution, we want to hear from you! Torun is one of the most beautiful cities in Poland, a great place to work & very affordable: https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/in/Torun

Cost of Living in Torun

Average prices of more than 40 products and services in Torun, PolandMar 2025. Prices of restaurants, food, transportation, utilities and housing are included.

Michael Pleyer Mar 9

JOB ALERT! Postdoc Position at the Center for Language Evolution Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland.
We are now looking at a broader candidate pool so do consider applying! Please repost & share widely!
https://www.umk.pl/en/jobs/?task=offer&action=one&id=4667

Employment Opportunities at NCU - Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń website. Employment Opportunities at NCU

Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

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Michael Pleyer Jan 24

I'm obviously biased saying this is a really cool opportunity but I love working here and our lab offers a great work environment and Torun is one of the prettiest towns in Poland! And you get to work in a building that students lovingly call "Hogwarts" 3/3

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Michael Pleyer Jan 24

You will see that the requirements are very specific (including proficiency in Mandarin Chinese), but even if you don't fulfil all of them, do consider applying, you never know who else applies and maybe you turn out to be the best fit after all!
DM me if you have any questions! 2/3

Michael Pleyer Jan 24

JOB ALERT! Come work with me!
34-Month Postdoc Position here at the Center for Language Evolution Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń in my project "Paths to Polysemy"
Job offer here: https://www.umk.pl/en/jobs/?task=offer&action=one&id=4645
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Employment Opportunities at NCU - Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń website. Employment Opportunities at NCU

Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

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