Vyvyan Evans

Dr Vyvyan Evans is an internationally renowned expert on language, communication, meaning and mind and is Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University. He received his PhD in Linguistics from Georgetown University. He has written around a dozen books, including The Language Myth: Why Language is Not an Instinct (2014) and The Crucible of Language: How Language and Mind Create Meaning (2015), both published by Cambridge University Press. Evan’s writing has been featured in the Guardian, Newsweek and New Scientist, among other publications.

There has been extensive coverage of Evans’s emoji research in print and broadcast media, including dozens of national and local radio stations around the world. He has also appeared on live TV shows in the UK discussing digital communications. A much sought-after public speaker, he consults at Google and TalkTalk Mobile and has appeared in a number of YouTube videos concerning language and communication.