Kenny Smith

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Personal Chair of Evolutionary Linguistics, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4530-6914

Phone0131 650 3956
Emailkenny@ling.ed.ac.uk

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Research Interests

I am interested in the evolution of communication, human language and the human capacity for language.

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Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), The University of Edinburgh

Award Date: 1 Jan 2003

Master of Science, The University of Edinburgh

Award Date: 1 Jan 1999

Master of Arts, The University of Edinburgh

Award Date: 1 Jan 1998

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69 Article
14 Conference contribution
13 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
9 Chapter
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- 6 Poster
- 4 Book
- 2 Paper
- 1 Abstract
- 1 Editorial

Is regularization uniform across linguistic levels? Comparing learning and production of unconditioned probabilistic variation in morphology and word order
Saldana, C., Smith, K., Kirby, S. & Culbertson, J., 19 Feb 2021, In: Language Learning and Development.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Knowing how you know: Toddlers reevaluate words learned from an unreliable speaker
Dautriche, I., Goupil, L., Smith, K. & Rabagliati, H., 5 Feb 2021, In: Open Mind: Discoveries in Cognitive Science (Open Mind). 5, p. 1-19 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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The emergence of word-internal repetition through iterated learning: Explaining the mismatch between learning biases and language design
Ota, M., San José, A. & Smith, K., 16 Jan 2021, In: Cognition. 210, 104585.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A computational model of the cultural co-evolution of language and mindreading
Woensdregt, M., Cummins, C. & Smith, K., 2 Oct 2020, In: Synthese.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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Challenges in detecting evolutionary forces in language change using diachronic corpora
Karjus, A., Blythe, R., Kirby, S. & Smith, K., 7 May 2020, In: Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics. 5, 1, 25 p., 45.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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16 Invited talk
15 Participation in conference
2 Editorial activity
1 Public Engagement – Festival/Exhibition
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- 1 Membership of external research organisation
- 1 Oral presentation

Midlothian Science Festival 2018
Kenny Smith (Advisor), Jennifer Culbertson (Organiser), Carmen Saldana (Contributor), Mora Maldonado (Contributor) & Amira Saouri (Contributor)
8 Oct 2018 → 12 Oct 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Festival/Exhibition
It takes two to adapt: Interacting pairs’ language (but not individuals’) adapts to changing conditions in maze game
Lucia Castillo (Contributor), Kenneth Smith (Contributor) & Holly Branigan (Contributor)
25 Jul 2017
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Cogsci2016 - 38th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
Kenny Smith (Participant)
2016
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
AMLaP 2016
Kenny Smith (Participant)
2016
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
EVOLANG XI
Kenny Smith (Participant)
2016
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference

2 Active
14 Finished

The evolution of linguistic complexity
Smith, K. & Rabagliati, H.
EU government bodies
1/09/16 → 28/02/22
Project: Research
Royal Society
Smith, K.
The Royal Society
1/02/11 → …
Project: Research
Language Evolves schools workshops
Smith, K. & Culbertson, J.
1/12/18 → 31/07/19
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
Establishing how intergroup bias influences the formation and evolution of stereotypes
Smith, K.
ESRC
1/11/17 → 31/08/20
Project: Research
How learning and using words shapes the structure of the lexicon.
Dautriche Singh, I. & Smith, K.
ESRC
1/11/16 → 16/12/19
Project: Research

Word learning under infinite uncertainty - Simulation codes and sample output
Blythe, R. (Creator), Smith, K. (Creator) & Smith, A. D. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 15 Feb 2016
DOI: 10.7488/ds/1345, http://arxiv.org/abs/1412.2487
Dataset
Social group effects on communicative conventions
Atkinson, M. (Creator) & Smith, K. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 1 Mar 2017
DOI: 10.7488/ds/1979
Dataset
Evolving artificial sign languages in the lab: from improvised gesture to systematic sign (dataset)
Motamedi-mousavi, Y. (Creator), Schouwstra, M. (Creator), Smith, K. (Creator), Culbertson, J. (Creator) & Kirby, S. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 27 Sep 2018
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2447
Dataset
Data for Feher, Wonnacott & Smith (2016), Structural priming in artificial languages and the regularisation of unpredictable variation
Feher, O. (Creator), Smith, K. (Creator) & Wonnacott, E. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 26 May 2017
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2051
Dataset
The emergence of systematic argument distinctions in artificial sign languages (dataset)
Culbertson, J. (Creator), Kirby, S. (Creator), Smith, K. (Creator), Motamedi-mousavi, Y. (Creator) & Schouwstra, M. (Creator), Edinburgh DataShare, 19 Jun 2020
DOI: 10.7488/ds/2852, https://psyarxiv.com/p6zy4/
Dataset

Baboons, like humans, can build on work of others, according to study by Drs Simon Kirby and Kenny Smith
Kenny Smith & Simon Kirby
5/11/14 → 15/11/14
17 items of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Research on the origin and purpose of stereotypes highlighted by advertisement protesting name of Washington Redskins American Football team
Kenny Smith
11/06/14
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities