New research shows that AI language models can develop a mathematical “understanding” that differentiates between events that ...

For people living in some parts of the United States, their accent might not just indicate where they live, but also who they ...

Everyday metaphors are linked to how we experience the world around us, according to seminal work by researchers George ...

Linguists have appealed for the public’s help across the UK in creating a national list of regional swear words. Experts at Sheffield University want to create a snapshot of how English is spoken in ...

Language experts say you should learn in the right order and shift to a growth mindset If there’s one thing guaranteed to make a pop-culture character look cool and sophisticated, it’s being ...

Let's be honest, we're all drama queens sometimes. Whether you're texting your bestie you're “literally dying” over the latest celebrity gossip or declaring on social media that Monday mornings are ...

Go ahead and say yes to the accent wall—the right one will ensure your home makes an excellent first impression! Whether you’re a minimalist who gravitates toward neutral paint colors, a maximalist ...

From call-in radio shows to corner bars, the accent that defined Boston is losing ground. A Dartmouth linguist has research to prove it. The iconic dropped "r" sound is disappearing. But to those who ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since ...

In their classic 1998 textbook on cognitive neuroscience, Michael Gazzaniga, Richard Ivry, and George Mangun made a sobering observation: there was no clear mapping between how we process language and ...

Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since Aristotle, who wrote that humanity was “the animal that has language.” ...