A new study suggests that language may rely less on complex grammar than previously thought. Every time we speak, we’re ...

Brain scans show a spot in the cerebellum attuned specifically to words, expanding on studies that point to the region's ...

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When words fail them, creative writers imagine entirely new ones. Author Patti Callahan Henry examines fictional language, from the words of Tolkien to her own. Our editors and experts handpick every ...

Find out quite how strange programming can get, from languages full of brackets, to those that interpret color or even code you cannot see at all! Lisp, in which everything is a list Lisp is an old ...

Babies learn languages across cultures, under wildly different circumstances. Some children are spoken to in high-pitched, sing-song voices tailored just for them, while others grow up hearing adults ...

Language learning is often a daunting prospect. Many of us wish we had learned a language to a higher level at school. But even though adults of all ages can do well in acquiring a new language, ...

When a language dies, we lose a piece of human heritage. It's like losing a precious book that no one else can ever read again. Imagine if your own language started disappearing, and with it, the ...

The African Next Voices project has started out with sites in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. Iuliia Anisimova/iStock Language is how we interact, ask for help, and hold meaning in community. We use ...