Author David Adger
David Adger

David Adger

Professor of Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London, primarily interested in the human capacity for syntax, the cognitive system that underlies the patterns found in the grammar of human languages.

Recent articles by David Adger

What artificial languages can tell us about ourselves

From Game of Thrones' Dothraki to Hildegard von Bingen's Lingua Ignota, people love to construct their own languages. These 'conlangs' can reveal the special place that language holds in our brains.
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