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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Current positions 

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• Senior postdoc (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) at the Dept. of Philosophy, University of Zurich - Transversal Task Force "Conceptual Engineering" (National Center of Competence in Research "Evolving Language")

• Associated researcher at the Dept. of Comparative Linguistics, University of Zurich. 

• Lecturer at the University of Basel and at the University of Zurich

• Member of the Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language (ISLE) of the University of Zurich