about me
I am a final-year PhD student in Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. I study how communication between individuals shapes the way word meanings change over time. More generally, I am interested in using behavioural experiments and computational methods to develop a better understanding of human language and cognition.I am a member of the Centre for Language Evolution and the CDT in NLP. My supervisors are Simon Kirby, Kenny Smith, and Graeme Trousdale.
publications
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Grammatical unidirectionality is not reflected in individual preferences when performing artificial semantic extension
Language and Cognition, forthcoming -
No directional preference for grammaticalization in semantic extension game
CogSci, 2025 -
A diachronic evaluation of gender asymmetry in euphemism
LChange, 2021 -
Come Together: Integrating Perspective Taking and Perspectival Expressions
CogSci, 2021 -
Modelling Cultural Evolution of Pragmatic Communication When Language Co-Develops With Perspective-Taking
EvoLang, 2020