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Lund Language Typology and Evolution research group

glottologbynight
Map of the world's 7,680 languages, automatically coloured by their 431 families. Data: Glottolog. Graph by Gerd Carling.

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The Language Typology and Evolution research group at Lund University performs research within the areas of comparative and diversity linguistics. Researchers document and describe lesser-known and understudied languages. In addition, they collaborate in amassing data for the purpose of large-scale, comparative studies of language typology and evolution. Linguistic diversity is investigated both with respect to individual languages as well as from a macro-perspective, using computational and phylogenetic methods. The team of researchers has a long history of collaboration and co-production of academic publications, including books, articles, and databases.

Current research team at Lund University

Research team

News and Recent highlights

huntergatherer

Some parts of language are spreading by migration: New paper in Nature Humanities & Social Sciance about the mechanisms of expansion of languages with noun categorization from a global perspective.

icosem7

Seminar at IcoSem 7, November 1, 2021, 9am GMT, by Niklas Erben Johansson on "Vocal Iconicity in nominal classification". https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88425833342 Zoom ID: 884 2583 3342

 

digital tree

New study in Language reconstruct the evolution of grammar in the Indo-European family, using phylogenetic comparative methods. A recent paper in Diachronica focuses on the reconstruction of alignment patterns. (2021-09-06)

nose

New study in Philosophical Transactions B investigates the evolutionary mechanisms behind similar-sounding words in all languages: connections are upheld by sound stability and first language acquisiton. Popular summary can be found here. (2021-03-22)

 

candymap

Online workshop: Diversity and evolution of gender, noun class and classifier systems, Friday March 12, 9.30-16.00. Pdfs from the presentations are available here: Gerd Carling, Marc Tang, Harald Hammarström et al, Kate Bellamy et al, Tom Güldemann, Filip Larsson.

Vetenskapsrådet

International postdoc from Swedish Research Council to Niklas Erben Johansson. (2020-12-11)

Swedish Research Council

Research project from Swedish Research Council to Arthur Holmer, Loren Billings, and Gerd Carling. (2020-11-04)

Clarin

Tour de CLARIN: Interview with Gerd Carling about the infrastructure DiACL and the research of the Language Typology and Evolution group. (2020-10-22)

Mouton Atlas

A recent landmark of the research team is a reference book on the comparative typology of grammar and lexicon of Eurasia from the perspective of geography, culture and evolution in the form of an atlas (Carling et al 2019).

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