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Space in Language and Cognition: Explorations in Cognitive Diversity by Levinson, Stephen C.

“…Languages differ in how they describe space, and such differences between languages can be used to explore the relation between language and thought. This 2003…”
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Turn-taking in Human Communication – Origins and Implications for Language Processing by Levinson, Stephen C

“…Most language usage is interactive, involving rapid turn-taking. The turn-taking system has a number of striking properties: turns are short and responses are…”
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Timing in turn-taking and its implications for processing models of language by Levinson, Stephen C, Torreira, Francisco

“…The core niche for language use is in verbal interaction, involving the rapid exchange of turns at talking. This paper reviews the extensive literature about…”
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The myth of language universals: language diversity and its importance for cognitive science by Evans, Nicholas, Levinson, Stephen C

“…Talk of linguistic universals has given cognitive scientists the impression that languages are all built to a common pattern. In fact, there are vanishingly…”
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The origin of human multi-modal communication by Levinson, Stephen C., Holler, Judith

“…One reason for the apparent gulf between animal and human communication systems is that the focus has been on the presence or the absence of language as a…”
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On the antiquity of language: the reinterpretation of Neandertal linguistic capacities and its consequences by Dediu, Dan, Levinson, Stephen C

“…It is usually assumed that modern language is a recent phenomenon, coinciding with the emergence of modern humans themselves. Many assume as well that this is…”
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Eye blinks are perceived as communicative signals in human face-to-face interaction by Hömke, Paul, Holler, Judith, Levinson, Stephen C

“…In face-to-face communication, recurring intervals of mutual gaze allow listeners to provide speakers with visual feedback (e.g. nodding). Here, we investigate…”
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Differential Ineffability and the Senses by Levinson, Stephen C., Majid, Asifa

“…Ineffability, the degree to which percepts or concepts resist linguistic coding, is a fairly unexplored nook of cognitive science. Although philosophical…”
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Ultrasound measurements of interactive turn-taking in question-answer sequences: Articulatory preparation is delayed but not tied to the response by Bögels, Sara, Levinson, Stephen C

“…We know that speech planning in conversational turn-taking can happen in overlap with the previous turn and research suggests that it starts as early as…”
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Evolved structure of language shows lineage-specific trends in word-order universals by Dunn, Michael, Greenhill, Simon J., Levinson, Stephen C., Gray, Russell D.

“…A third way with words Two prominent theories for how languages evolve suggest that certain grammatical structures should be widely conserved, either because…”
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Conversation electrified: ERP correlates of speech act recognition in underspecified utterances by Gisladottir, Rosa S, Chwilla, Dorothee J, Levinson, Stephen C

“…The ability to recognize speech acts (verbal actions) in conversation is critical for everyday interaction. However, utterances are often underspecified for…”
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Recursion in pragmatics by Levinson, Stephen C.

“…There has been a recent spate of work on recursion as a central design feature of language. This short report points out that there is little evidence that…”
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Universals and Cultural Variation in Turn-Taking in Conversation by Stivers, Tanya, Enfield, N. J., Brown, Penelope, Englert, Christina, Hayashi, Makoto, Heinemann, Trine, Hoymann, Gertie, Rossano, Federico, de Ruiter, Jan Peter, Yoon, Kyung-Eun, Levinson, Stephen C., Kay, Paul

“…Informal verbal interaction is the core matrix for human social life. A mechanism for coordinating this basic mode of interaction is a system of turn-taking…”
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Early developmental changes in the timing of turn-taking: a longitudinal study of mother-infant interaction by Hilbrink, Elma E, Gattis, Merideth, Levinson, Stephen C

“…To accomplish a smooth transition in conversation from one speaker to the next, a tight coordination of interaction between speakers is required. Recent…”
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Universal Principles in the Repair of Communication Problems by Dingemanse, Mark, Roberts, Seán G, Baranova, Julija, Blythe, Joe, Drew, Paul, Floyd, Simeon, Gisladottir, Rosa S, Kendrick, Kobin H, Levinson, Stephen C, Manrique, Elizabeth, Rossi, Giovanni, Enfield, N J

“…There would be little adaptive value in a complex communication system like human language if there were no ways to detect and correct problems. A systematic…”
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Tools from evolutionary biology shed new light on the diversification of languages by Levinson, Stephen C, Gray, Russell D

“…Computational methods have revolutionized evolutionary biology. In this paper we explore the impact these methods are now having on our understanding of the…”
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Anticipatory Processing in a Verb‐Initial Mayan Language: Eye‐Tracking Evidence During Sentence Comprehension in Tseltal by Garrido Rodriguez, Gabriela, Norcliffe, Elisabeth, Brown, Penelope, Huettig, Falk, Levinson, Stephen C.

“…We present a visual world eye‐tracking study on Tseltal (a Mayan language) and investigate whether verbal information can be used to anticipate an upcoming…”
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Never Say No... How the Brain Interprets the Pregnant Pause in Conversation by Bögels, Sara, Kendrick, Kobin H, Levinson, Stephen C

“…In conversation, negative responses to invitations, requests, offers, and the like are more likely to occur with a delay-conversation analysts talk of them as…”
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The Original Sin of Cognitive Science by Levinson, Stephen C.

“…Classical cognitive science was launched on the premise that the architecture of human cognition is uniform and universal across the species. This premise is…”
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The effects of processing and sequence organization on the timing of turn taking: a corpus study by Roberts, Seán G, Torreira, Francisco, Levinson, Stephen C

“…The timing of turn taking in conversation is extremely rapid given the cognitive demands on speakers to comprehend, plan and execute turns in real time…”
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