Anita Slonimska, PhD

Postdoc @Multimodallang @MPI_NL
Multimodality, Pragmatics, Language Evolution

[Michael Pleyer @symbolicstorage]

The full proceedings of #Evolang2026 the 16th International Conference on the Evolution of language are out now!
~125 papers and 575 pages of cutting-edge interdisciplinary research on language evolution!
https://t.co/y7Ze7X9xVo

[Philippe Schlenker 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 👨‍🏫 @phschlenker_ac]

Just published in Biological Reviews (viewable, not printable unless you subscribe): https://t.co/7oXSfiMzgX
Preprint (printable): https://t.co/f9I9uyXM4H

[Michael Pleyer @symbolicstorage]

And that was #EvolangXVI! Thanks to all the organisers and helpers, it was an amazing experience as always! See you all in 2028 in Nijmegen, NL for #EvolangXVII, organised by @Limor_Raviv @ozyurek_a & @ProfSimonFisher !

[Dr. Limor Raviv 🦄🤗🐘🦒 @Limor_Raviv]

I'm hiring! 📢 Come work with me on how different social pressures shape the evolution of new communication systems in the lab! Deadline for application is May 18th! https://t.co/TjbhY8ey8k

[Vittorio Gallese @GalleseVittorio]

"Before we name, we touch. We propose that the roots of language lie not in abstract, amodal symbols but in early bodily experience." Our Opinion paper is out in TICS. Congrats Luca Sergey Rinaldi !!
https://t.co/dcDMIm1vD6

[Micha Heilbron @m_heilb]

📢 PhD position in Developmental Language Modelling (plz RT🙏)

What can human language acquisition teach us about training language models? Join us as a PhD!

4 yrs, fully funded, MPI-NL; april 3

https://t.co/BCCap6MzPh

[Anita Slonimska, PhD @anitaslonimska]

This work takes a first step toward bridging relevance theory and empirical research on multimodal communication in context, illustrating how the theoretical concept of ostension can be applied to a multimodal view of language. 6/6

[Anita Slonimska, PhD @anitaslonimska]

New open-access paper with @ozyurek_a & @manucampisi5
We extend relevance theory to a multimodal view of language, demonstrating that speakers explicitly highlight iconic gestures as communicatively relevant in knowledge transmission context
🔗 https://t.co/KiTB1BRVnn

[Anita Slonimska, PhD @anitaslonimska]

We show that speakers increase the use of ostensive cues (e.g., gaze shift and/or demonstratives in speech) to mark gestures as communicatively relevant with children vs. adults. We also show that use of the ostensive cues follows the principle of communicative efficiency! 5/6

[Anastasia Bauer @AnastasiaBaue18]

Our new paper out now @Glossa! ✨
Across 4 languages (signed and spoken), we show that feedback is dominated by non-manual signals (head movements, facial gestures). Verbal/manual feedback is not central. Time for a multimodal reconceptualization. 🔓 https://t.co/jhzAjRvr7p
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[Anita Slonimska, PhD @anitaslonimska]

You can read the full chapter here: Iconicity in simultaneous constructions in sign languages | Max Planck Institute https://t.co/BOyOtGB9xG

[Anita Slonimska, PhD @anitaslonimska]

Happy to share that my chapter on Iconicity in simultaneous constructions in sign languages is finally out! https://t.co/p8jOl7MFDT

[Anita Slonimska, PhD @anitaslonimska]

Happy to share that my chapter on Iconicity in simultaneous constructions in sign languages is finally out! https://t.co/p8jOl7MFDT

[Michael Pleyer @symbolicstorage]

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT!🚨
The 'Design Features' of Language Revisited (w/ Marcus Perlman, @glupyan, Koen de Reus & @Limor_Raviv ).
Feature Review out now in #OpenAccess in @TrendsCognSci!

[MOSAIC @UofG_MOSAIC]

Join MOSAIC’s November Grand Challenge to explore how to annotate social interaction with ELAN, from classic methods to integrations with speech, motion and computer vision.
With @anitaslonimska, @mamus_ezgi and @shoakamine1 from the MPI .
🗓 20 Nov | 15:00–16:30 GMT | Zoom

[DCAL @DCAL_UCL]

PhD Opportunity at UCL – Tactile Sign Language & DeafBlind Communication. Funded PhD at DCAL exploring tactile BSL and DeafBlind interaction. UK only. Deadline 1 Dec 2025.

https://t.co/kVm3JBho0e

[MOSAIC @UofG_MOSAIC]

📅 16 Oct | 14:00–15:30 (GMT) | Zoom
👓 Wearable Facial Multimodal Sensing with @emteqlabs
Join MOSAIC's October Grand Challenge to explore how next-gen facial worn wearables open new opportunities for studying multimodal social interaction. Reply below for zoom link

[Adam Schembri @AdamCSchembri]

Our paper is finally out! "Deconstructing notions of morphological ‘complexity’: Lessons from creoles and sign languages" Journal of Linguistics - https://t.co/9flNYkl23h