For all the world’s linguistic diversity, human languages still obey some universal patterns. These run even deeper than ...

Andrea Beltrama, Ph.D., is a temporary assistant professor with the Department of Linguistics and Cognitive Science at the University of Delaware. He has received his Ph.D. in linguistics from the ...

A new study carried out at the MIT Language Acquisition Lab offers a novel insight into the early acquisition of ...

Wondering about bonding with a donor-conceived child? This article reassures you that love and care build the bond, plus tips for sharing their story.

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Literacy is foundational—not only for academic success but as a fundamental skill for navigating life. Yet literacy rates in ...

Two new studies have found that whale song has structural similarities to human languages, especially when it comes to efficiency and brevity. It’s leading researchers to believe that evolutionary ...

The failure in grasping the whole semantics and pragmatics of second language stymies the thought generation and causes ...

With global leaders set to attend a summit on artificial intelligence (AI) in Paris on February 10-11, here are some of the ...

With many children in these regions becoming more fluent in languages like Twi rather than the traditional languages of their ...

Music can be a more engaging vehicle for vocabulary and sentence development than repetitive drills and memorization lessons.

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