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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Cognitive, Systems and Behavioural Neurobiology,General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages |
| Keywords | Brain and Language, Evolution of Language |
| Honours and awards | 2022: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), invited long-term (10 months) 2019: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), invited short-term (2 months) 2012: Texas A&M, International University, Research award 2007: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), invited short-term (3 months) 2005: Stein Institute for Research on Aging, Pilot research award 2004: Center for functional MRI, UC San Diego, Pilot research award 1994: Alexander of Humboldt Foundation, Feodor-Lynen fellowship 1989: Deutsche Bank, Conference Travel Grants 1986: Post-doctoral fellowship, German Research Foundation (DFG) 1982: German Academic Exchange Program (DAAD), University of Lisbon |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | San Diego |
| Institution | San Diego State University |
| Institute | College of Health and Human Services |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Allen I. Selverston | Center for Research in Language, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla |
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| Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Bates | Center for Research in Language, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla |
| Prof. Dr. Allen I. Selverston | Department of Psychology, 0109, A Center for the Study of Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla |
| Prof. Dr. David A. Swinney | Department of Psychology, 0109, A Center for the Study of Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/04/1994 |
Programme(s)
| 1993 | Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme |
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Publications (partial selection)
| 2026 | Dieter Hillert: The Birth of Language. Routledge, 2026 |
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| 2023 | Hillert, Dieter G.: On how “early syntax” came about. In: Frontiers Language Science, 2, 2023, |
| 2023 | Hillert, Dieter G. & Fujita, Koji: Pragmatic Grammar in Genus Homo. In: Biolinguistics, 17, 2023, |
| 2022 | Hillert, Dieter G.: Incremental evolution of syntax: From ‘bigrams’ to ‘branching’. The Evolution of Language. Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Language Evolution. JCoLE, 2022. 285-293 |
| 2021 | Hillert, D.: How did language evolve in the lineage of higher primates? . In: Lingua, 264, 2021, |
| 2017 | Hillert, Dieter: Die Natur der Sprache. Evolution, Paradigmen & Schaltkreise. Springer, 2017 |
| 2017 | Hillert, D. (ed.): Language Evolution. On the Origin of Lexical and Syntactic Structures.. Elsevier, 2017 |
| 2017 | Hillert, D.: The Beginning of the Human Language Story. In: Journal of Neurolinguistics, 43, 2017, 75-77. |
| 2016 | Hillert, D.: Neurobiology of Language. In: K. Shackelford & V.A. Weekes-Shackelford, Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, 2016. |
| 2016 | Hillert, D. G.: Nimm’s nicht so wörtlich. In: S. Ayan, Rätsel Mensch - Expeditionen im Grenzbereich von Philosophie und Hirnforschung. Springer Nature, 2016. 55-66 |
| 2015 | Hillert, D. & Nakano, Y. Bilingual sentence processing in late L2 learners. In: R.R. Heredia, J. Altarriba, & A.B. Cieslicka, Methods in Bilingual Reading Comprehension Research. Springer, 2015. |
| 2015 | Hillert, D.: On the Evolving Biology of Language. In: Frontiers in Psychology, 6, 2015, |
| 2014 | Hillert, Dieter: The Nature of Language. Evolution, Paradigms and Circuits. Springer, 2014 |
| 2013 | Chapman, W.W., Hillert, D., Velupillai, S. et al. Extending the NegEx Lexicon for Multiple Languages. In: Studies in health technology and informatics , 2013, 677-681 |
| 2010 | Olichney, J.M., Taylor, J.R., Hillert, D.G. et al. Cross-modal fMRI word repetition effects in the elderly depend on congruity and memory. In: Neurobiology of Aging, 2010, 1875-90 |
| 2009 | Nakano, Y. & Hillert, D.G. Re- and De-Activation of Fillers in Japanese Scrambling Constructions. Proceedings CUNY UC Davis. CUNY, 2009. |
| 2009 | Hillert, D.G. & Buracas, G.T. The Neural Substrates of Spoken Idiom Comprehension. In: Language and Cognitive Processes, 2009, 1370-1391 |
| 2008 | Hillert, D.G.: On Idioms: Cornerstones of a Neurological Model of Language Processing. In: Journal of Cognitive Science , 2008, 193-233 |
| 2004 | Olichney, J.M. & Hillert, D.G. (2004).: Clinical Application of Cognitive Event-Related Potentials (ERPs) in Alzheimer’s Disease. In: Physical Medical Rehabilitation Clinical North America, 15, 2004, 205-233 |
| 2004 | Olichney, J.M., Hillert, D.G., Salmon, D., Morris, S., Gatherwright, J., Iragui, V.J., & Kutas, M. FMRI word repetition effects depend on semantic congruity and declarative memory. Proceedings Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA. Society for Neuroscience, 2004. |
| 2004 | Hillert, D.G.: Spared Idiom Comprehension in Aphasia: A Single-Case Approach. In: Brain and Language, 89, 2004, 207-215 |
| 2002 | Olichney, J.M., Riggins, B.R., Hillert, D.G., Novacki, R., Kutas, M., & .J. Iraqui. Reduced Sensitivity of the N400 and Late Positive Component to Semantic Congruity and Word Repetition in Left Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. In: Clinical Electroencephalography, 33, 2002, 111-118 |
| 1998 | Hillert, Dieter (ed.): Syntax and Semantics 31, Sentence Processing: A Cross-linguistic Perspective. Academic Press, 1998 |
| 1994 | Hillert, D. (ed.): Linguistics and Cognitive Neuroscience: Theoretical and Empirical Studies on Language Disorders. . Westdeutscher Verlag, 1994 |
| 1990 | Hillert, Dieter: Sprachprozesse und Wissensstrukturen. Westdeutscher Verlag, 1990 |
| 1987 | Hillert, Dieter: Zur mentalen Repräsentation von Wortbedeutungen. Narr Verlag, 1987 |