Trends in Language Evolution, Change & Diversity (TRENCADIS)

When: 4th June 2026, 10:00 to 14:00 

Where: UPF Poblenou, 51.100

Who:  Chiara Barbieri (Cagliari/Zürich), Gemma Boleda (ICREA/UPF), Karolina Grzech (UPF), Carmen Saldana (UB), Jamie D. Wright (Namur/Brussels)

This workshop brings together researchers working on language evolution, change, and diversity.

The event is free and open to all, but registration (through this form) is mandatory. Registration is open until the 28th of May.

Program:

• 10:00: Carmen Saldana (UB): Linking learning to typology: Biases in number marking in inflectional paradigms
• 10:30: Gemma Boleda (ICREA/UPF): On the interplay between words, meanings, and object naming
• 11:00: Jamie D. Wright (Namur/Brussels): Simulating the Emergence of Vocal Lexicons
   
• 11:30 ☕Coffee break 1 ☕
   
• 12:00: Chiara Barbieri (Cagliari/Zürich): Linking human genetic histories with patterns of language diversity
• 12:30: Karolina Grzech (UPF): Knowledge management in interaction
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This workshop is organized by Yulia Yakubenkova ([email protected]) and Thomas Brochhagen ([email protected]). The workshop is funded by grant EVOSIG PID2024-162668NA-I00 MICIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by “ERDF A way of making Europe".