Evolutionary linguist. Lover of helicopters, costume drama, and convexity. Mum.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Joined January 2016
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Marieke Schouwstra retweeted
The horrific reality for people of #Gaza & #Israel since 7 October 2023 detailed in @UNHumanRights report.
Close to 70% of those killed in Gaza are children & women.
Unprecedented violations of IHL give rise to concerns of atrocity crimes. The violence must stop immediately.
Marieke Schouwstra retweeted
Come work at USC! The dept. of linguistics is hiring for an open rank position in computational approaches to linguistics: usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-a…
I'm on the search committee, and would be happy to field any questions about the position.
Marieke Schouwstra retweeted
Now that an increasing number of colleagues and students have asked me how they can contribute to the protests against the budget cuts imposed on Dutch universities, here's a detailed "Action List" written by @IngridRobeyns
Spread the word!
crookedtimber.org/2024/09/06…
New paper with @DrMollyFlaherty! See onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… Summary thread here :-) 1/8
Our conclusions? (1) Patterns from language emergence experiments are relevant in naturally emerging language, and can help us better understand them. 7/8
Come check out poster 775 today, where @danielle_naeg will be toppling blocks! #CogSci2024 #spatialcognition
How would you describe these objects using just gesture? What drives variation/alignment of these gestures? Come see @katie__mudd talk about this! #CogSci2024 T.21.02 Friday, 10:30, Diamond II (second talk)
Marieke Schouwstra retweeted
Check this out, my PhD student Rosa Zaaijer will tell you all about our experiment @Rapid_Razor_Bob #LL24
folia.nl/nl/wetenschap/16267…
Looking for a (fully funded) PhD position? Like combining experiments and distributed semantic modelling? Apply, apply, apply! **Modelling word order and Cognitive Constraints** Deadline 31st May vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD…
Marieke Schouwstra retweeted
Paper alert! 📢 Check out the paper by @symbolicstorage et al. which debates #compositionality in #linguistics. Is it a defining feature of human #language? 🤔 The authors examine usage-based views and cultural transmission. link.springer.com/article/10… #PTNCE @cles_ncu
Marieke Schouwstra retweeted
Help support this awesome project!
Help kick off my new project on the cultural transmission of lyrebird vocalizations! Any funds raised above the target will go toward the salary of a student research assistant. experiment.com/projects/how-…
ALT Picture of a male superb lyrebird sitting on a log. Photo taken by Brian Ralphs and used under a CC BY 2.0 license.
Marieke Schouwstra retweeted
Out of the horrible darkness of the #Oct7 massacre, there are shreds of light in the form of heroic stories of rescue and humanity.
Watch this inspiring story that was just now revealed.
Marieke Schouwstra retweeted
2 weeks of Israel pounding Gaza:
- 4385 Palestinians killed, 60+% kids (1756) & women (967)—local authorities
-~1.4 million displaced
-~30% of homes destroyed/damaged
- Electricity, water, food, meds cut
Whatever Israel says, it's waging war on ppl of Gaza. When is enough enough?
