My research explores the biological roots of human language in animal vocal communication,

 with a special focus on emotional voice intonation.

To do so, I combine work in philosophy of language, biology and psycholinguistics within a unified frame of study.

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I am currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Dept. of Comparative Linguistics and member of the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language (ISLE) of the University of Zurich