Peeter Tinits

Peeter Tinits

data, history, science and humanities

Research

I am a PhD student in linguistics, interested in cultural evolution, historical sociolinguistics and empirical methods in humanities. My core research interest is in how social learning made by individuals can influence patterns on population levels. I have used various historical datasets to study this process, and am interested in more data.

My PhD project at Tallinn University is on the standardization of written Estonian in the late 19th century. I have studied the evolution of films, knowledge systems, literature through various corpora. I have worked on incorporating natural scientific expertise in humanities questions (e.g. through digital humanities, or experimental semiotics).

I am currently finishing up my dissertation and involved in a few other research projects. This page will be updated as these outputs are published.

Publications

  1. Tinits, P.* ; Nölle, J.* ; Hartmann, S.* 2017. Usage context influences the evolution of overspecification in iterated learning. Journal of Language Evolution, 2: 2, 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1093/jole/lzx011 * - Authors contributed equally
  2. Kanatova, M.; Milyakina, A.; Pilipovec, T.; Shelya, A.; Sobchuk, O; Tinits, P. * 2017. Broken Time, Continued Evolution: Anachronies in Contemporary Films. Stanford Literary Lab Pamphlet 14. Link * - Authors in alphabetical order.

Conference publications

  1. Hartmann, S.; Tinits, P.; Nölle J.; Hartmann, T.; Pleyer, M. 2016. Plain Simple Complex Structures: The Emergence Of Overspecification In An Iterated Learning Setup. In: S.G. Roberts, C. Cuskley, L. McCrohon, L. Barceló-Coblijn, O. Feher & T. Verhoef (eds.) The Evolution of Language: Proceedings of the 11th International Conference (EVOLANG11). Link
  2. Tinits, P. 2014. Language stability and morphological complexity in situations of language contact. An experimental paradigm. Conference proceedings for the International Congress of Linguists 19. Link

Varia

  1. Tinits, P. 2015. Language interest: Estonia. In: Leerssen, Joep (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe (ERNiE). (electronic version; Amsterdam: Study Platform on Interlocking Nationalisms, www.romanticnationalism.net) Link
  2. Tinits, P. 2017. How to make an opera about science? (Kuidas teha ooperit teadusest?) A review of the opera „Der nordische Baer” by Dominy Clements. Teater. Muusika. Kino. May, 2017. Link
  3. Tinits, P. 2014. Meaning and meaning fields: A non-dualist approach by Martin Staude. Review of Staude, Martin 2012. Meaning in Communication, Cognition, and Reality: Outline of a Theory from Semiotics, Philosophy, and Sociology. Sign Systems Studies, 42(1), 147 - 156. http://dx.doi.org/10.12697/SSS.2014.42.1.07