Luke McCrohon
Affiliation:
University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Tsujii Lab
Research Interests:
Evolutionary Models of Cultural Change, with particular focus on Language Change. The Coevolution of languages and the Language Faculty. Areal linguistics. Theoretical models of Language Change combining areal and genetic influences. The automated detection of language change.
Contact Details:
luke.mccrohon@gmail.com
(+81)-90-9684-9449
Blog:
My personal blog is available here.
University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Tsujii Lab
Research Interests:
Evolutionary Models of Cultural Change, with particular focus on Language Change. The Coevolution of languages and the Language Faculty. Areal linguistics. Theoretical models of Language Change combining areal and genetic influences. The automated detection of language change.
Contact Details:
luke.mccrohon@gmail.com
(+81)-90-9684-9449
Blog:
My personal blog is available here.
Papers
McCrohon, Luke (to appear). The Two Stage Life-Cycle of Cultural Replicators. (Proceedings of Ways to Protolanguage)
Abstract, Paper
McCrohon, Luke (2009). Extended Family Tree Diagrams for Representing Language Contact. Current Issues in Linguistic Interfaces, Vol.2: 565-577 (Proceedings of the Seoul International Conference of Linguistic Interfaces)
Abstract, Paper
Yoshinobu Kano, William A. Baumgartner, Jr, Luke McCrohon, Sophia Ananiadou, K. Bretonnel Cohen, Lawrence Hunter and Jun'ichi Tsujii (2009). U-Compare: share and compare text mining tools with UIMA. Bioinfomatics 15,15 pp1997-1998.
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Conference Presentations
McCrohon, Luke (2010). Mutualisms of the Lexicon. To be presented at Free Linguistics Conference 2010, 9 - 10 October 2010, Sydney, Australia.
Abstract, Slides, Handouts
McCrohon, Luke (2010). Adversarial Co-Evolution and Lexicon Composition. Presented at Summer Institute in Cognitive Sciences 2010, 23 June 2010, Montreal, Canada.
Abstract, Poster, Handouts
McCrohon, Luke (2010). Languages as Evolutionary Aggregates. Presented at Evolang8 14-17 April 2010, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Abstract, Poster, Handouts
McCrohon, Luke (2010). Linguistic Integration as Cultural Co-Adaptation. Presented at Identifying and Describing Lexical Borrowings, 18 March 2010, Liège, Belgium.
Abstract, Slides, Handouts
McCrohon, Luke (2010). Linguistic Co-Evolution and the Poverty of the Stimulus Argument. Presented at Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics 2010, 12 Match 2010, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract, Slides, Handouts
McCrohon, Luke (2009). The Complexity Hypothesis as an Underlying Explanation of Variable Rates of Diffusion. Presented at Free Linguistics Conference, 11 October 2009, Sydney, Australia.
Abstract, Slides
McCrohon, Luke (2009). The Two Stage Life-Cycle of Cultural Replicators. Presented at Ways to Protolanguage, 21 September 2009, Torun, Poland.
Abstract, Slides, Video
McCrohon, Luke (2009). Extended Family Tree Diagrams for Representing Language Contact. Presented at the Seoul International Conference on Linguistic Interfaces, June 25 2009, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract, Slides, Handouts
Working Papers
McCrohon, Luke (2004). "2B or nt 2B": Txt Speak as an in-group marker. In Wellington Working Papers in Linguistics Number 16. Wellington: Victoria University Press.
Paper
Other Talks
Cultural Evolution and the Particulate Nature of Language Transmission. Presented at 東大音声・言語・コミュニケーション研究会2010 at the University of Tokyo, 7 September 2010, Tokyo, Japan.
Slides, Poster
Software
To be added shortly.
In Preparation
To be added shortly.
Awards and Grants
To be added Shortly
