Vyv Evans, PhD

If we take seriously the idea that language is a symbolic technology—a system for encoding and externalising our conceptualisations—then emojis present a fascinating case study. They are not mere decorative add‑ons. They are part of the evolving semiotic ecology through which humans coordinate meaning in digitally mediated environments.

When I describe Cognitive Linguistics as an “enterprise,” I do so quite deliberately. It was never merely a theory in the narrow sense — not simply a competing model of syntax or semantics. It emerged, rather, as a broad intellectual movement united by a shared set of commitments about the nature of mind, meaning, and language.

"Smart speculative fiction at its very vest"

Kirkus Reviews recommends The Babel Apocalypse as summer blockbuster poolside reading -- a thriller with a formidable female antihero.

The Babel Apocalypse is the first in a new series of science fiction novels: Songs of the Sage.