Researcher in Language Sciences
working at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, section 34)
Phonetician and Bioacoustician
Expert in speech and language adaptation to different phonotypes (shouting, whistling, drumming, musical speech surrogates)
on researchgate: Julien MEYER | Researcher | PhD | Research profile (researchgate.net)
or HAL open science: Archive ouverte HAL
BOOK on Whistled Languages: A Worldwide Inquiry on Human Whistled Speech | Springer (ask me for a free version)
VIDEO PUBLICATIONS: https://vimeo.com/user83181333
AUDIO PUBLICATIONS: https://soundcloud.com/user-28976943
CONTACT: julien.meyer - at - cnrs .fr
Highlight to some recent news and publications:
More Than 80 Cultures Still Speak in Whistles | Science| Smithsonian MagazineIf you listen closely, the drumbeats of Amazonian tribes sound like human speech | Science | AAASCientíficos piden proteger el lenguaje silbado de Canarias (pellagofio.es)O som de 10 línguas indígenas brasileiras em perigo de extinção - BBC News BrasilCould whistling shed light on the origins of speech? | Language | The GuardianLes étonnants tambours parleurs des Bora d’Amazonie - Sciences et AvenirDr Julien Meyer :Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) 2015 - COFUND Award Winner - YouTubeLes secrets des langues sifflées (lemonde.fr)En Amazonie, la langue des tambours permet de se parler à des kilomètres (lefigaro.fr)La parole sifflée – Libération (liberation.fr)La langue sifflée des alpages (radiofrance.fr)Parlez-vous les langues sifflées ? | CNRS Le journal (radio France Inter)
A short film produced with Damien Davy (financed by Labex CEBA and MITI CNRS):
Fieldwork of restitution of our work in the Amazonian Oyapock river (Wayãpi people) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7dt4PpSBdg&t=1s (teaser 2023)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pY-ox43xzMM&t=1s (full video 2023);