Shira Tal

Shira Tal is a Chancellor's Fellow at the Centre for Language Evolution within the University of Edinburgh. Her research explores the bidirectional relationship between cognition and language structure, focusing on how developmental differences between children and adults influence language learning and the emergence of linguistic systems across languages.

• Current affiliation: University of Edinburgh, Centre for Language Evolution
• Position: Chancellor's Fellow (classified as Research Fellow)

Research Interests center on:

• How cognitive constraints shape cross-linguistically common language structures
• Developmental differences in language learning and usage
• Properties of linguistic input that facilitate language acquisition