Matt Spike

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Language/CogSci/Evolution: complexity, conventionality, information etc. Teaching Fellow @ UoE CLE/PPLS
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Tweet Dec 14, 2022

Why do linguists just assume mental representations for language when neuro folk think that's whack? OK, in turn: 1. Linguists agree on *nothing* & often seem to (or act like they) really hate each other 2. Language is WILDLY complicated & variation

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Tweet Jun 1, 2021

This paper ('Why is scaling up models of language evolution hard?') has drawn a few similar responses now, i.e.: 'It isn't, we did it'. That's... a good point, so I'll have a crack. 1/n @mariekewoe #ronalddehaan #toddwareham @IrisVanRooij @MarkBlokp

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