Prof. Dr. Dr. Philippe David Schlenker

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsGeneral and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages,Theoretical Philosophy
KeywordsSemantics, Music, Sign Language, Animal Linguistics, Presupposition
Honours and awards

2021: CNRS Silver Medal

Current contact address

CountryFrance
CityParis
InstitutionCNRS Institut Jean Nicod
Homepagehttps://sites.google.com/site/philippeschlenkerhome/home

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Ulrich SauerlandGeisteswissenschaftliche Zentren Berlin e.V. (GWZ), Berlin

Programme(s)

2025Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Philippe David Schlenker is an internationally leading linguist with groundbreaking contributions not only to the study of spoken languages, but also to sign languages, music, gesture, and animal communication. His work focuses on formal rigor to uncover non-superficial commonalities. During his stay in Germany, he will explore iconicity, language evolution and multimodal rhetorics.