When AI learns from gestures
13. August 2025
A subproject in the Priority Program “Visual Communication” endeavors to make body language analyzable Gestures help people under-stand each other.
A subproject in the Priority Program “Visual Communication” endeavors to make body language analyzable Gestures help people under-stand each other.
Interview with Susan Goldin-Meadow, pioneer of psychological and linguistic gesture studies We all communicate not only with words but also
A research project on propositionalism How do words and phrases combine to form meaningful sentences? And how can we analyze
Psycholinguistic study on the acquisition and processing of negation No, this is not supposed to be about parents seeking advice
The Collaborative Research Center “Negation in Language and Beyond” is searching for the cognitive foundations of human speech Saying “No”
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In recognition of his accomplishments in the humanities and the social sciences, Mamadou Diawara has been elected a Fellow of
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Korean Studies at Goethe University is one of what are known as “rare disciplines” (subjects with a small number of
What happens when film leaves the cinema and becomes available everywhere – out and about on mobile devices, or in
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When Korean pop bands such as boy group BTS reach millions of fans worldwide, and when films and music from
The economies of China and Singapore are among the most dynamic migration regions in the world. But Japan and Korea
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Until now the Nebra sky disk was deemed to be from the Early Bronze Age and therefore the world’s oldest
In an extensive project, archaeologists at Goethe University processed and digitally recorded Roman artefacts from Stockstadt am Main (Bavaria). The
Early career researcher Stephanie Döpper awarded funding by Gerda Henkel Foundation to study abandoned mud-brick settlements in Oman Goethe University
Archaeologists from Goethe University will be returning to the Urals for further research work. In collaboration with researchers from Johannes
Goethe University Frankfurt can continue its study of the Nok Culture. The German Research Foundation has recently approved the funding
A team of Frankfurt-based archaeologists has returned from the Iraqi-Kurdish province of Sulaymaniyah with new findings. The discovery of a
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