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OASIS 6 in Lisbon

OASIS 6 will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, October 13-16, 2026.

December 3, 2025

OASIS "bubbles"

What are the stickers on people's nametags?

December 2, 2025

OASIS 5 program

See you at OASIS 5

OASIS 5 call for papers

OASIS 5 will be held at the University of Edinburgh December 3-5, 2025. Call deadline: August 15

OASIS 5 to be held at the University of Edinburgh, December 3-5, 2025

OASIS returns to the UK for its 5th edition

January 14, 2025

OASIS 4 program

The program for OASIS 4, from 15 to 17 January, 2025 at the University of York.

Hippocampus distinguishes urgent from future goals

Looking at how goals are processed in the hippocampus

A beautiful visualization of gender in language

How do languages mark gender? How do people feel about it?

February 28, 2024

The future of OASIS

Big plans for the website are underway!

December 16, 2023

OASIS 4 to be held at York University

See you in York: 15-17 January 2025

December 16, 2023

Five reasons why OASIS 3 / SPE 12 was a success

Hint: It's the people

October 10, 2023

OASIS 3 / SPE 12 invited speaker interviews

What do the invited speakers think will help linguists communicate with non-linguists? And other answers to burning questions....

October 7, 2023

OASIS "bubbles"

What are those round colored stickers that everyone is wearing on their nametags?

September 28, 2023

SPE 12 / OASIS 3 schedule

Check out the SPE 12 / OASIS 3 schedule.

August 23, 2023

Aeon: The problem of now

The injunction to immerse yourself in the present might be psychologically potent, but is it metaphysically meaningful?

Scientific American: This Ancient Language Has the Only Grammar Based Entirely on the Human Body

Linguist Anvita Abbi's Scientific American article tells about her work with Great Andamanese speakers.