[2] He founded the UK Cognitive Linguistics Association,[16] with its inaugural conference held at the University of Sussex in 2005.

[2] And he launched the peer-reviewed academic journal Language and Cognition, as its founding General Editor, in 2009.

Two of these, The Semantics of English Prepositions,[22] and The Structure of Time[23] propose a new theory of the way in which words are represented in the mind,[24][25] known as Principled Polysemy.

[41] One notable critic, Norbert Hornstein, accused Evans of engaging in "junk" science.

[42] Another critic, David Adger, claims that Evans' "attack on generative linguistics misrepresents the field.

His Songs of the Sage book series envisions a dystopian future in which humans no longer learn language but stream it, using brain implants known as Universal Grammar technology, with catastrophic consequences.

[14] The novel earned a prestigious Kirkus star, with a review that described the book as: "A perfect fusion of SF, thriller, and mystery—smart speculative fiction at its very best.