Anna Jon-And

Anna Jon-And is a Researcher and Director of the Center for Cultural Evolution at Stockholm University, affiliated with the Department of Psychology. Her interdisciplinary work bridges linguistics, cognitive science, and cultural evolution, focusing on how sequence representation, language contact, and computational models explain the emergence of human language and its unique properties.

Research Interests include:

• Language evolution through sequence learning and cognitive constraints
• Contact-induced language change in Portuguese varieties (Angola, Mozambique, Afro-Brazilian communities)
• Computational modeling of grammatical structure emergence
• Comparative analysis of pidgins, creoles, and non-contact languages
• Neurocognitive prerequisites for language and cultural complexity

Publications highlight trends in language evolution models, compositional systems, and cross-linguistic complexity cycles. Her work demonstrates how demographic factors and learnability pressures drive linguistic innovation in multilingual settings. The Center for Cultural Evolution at Stockholm University serves as the primary platform for her interdisciplinary research initiatives.