Language feels simple when we use it. We talk, we text, we listen, and words seem to appear naturally from thought. But the ...

Humans are the only species on Earth known to use language. They do this by combining sounds into words and words into sentences, creating infinite meanings. This process is based on linguistic rules ...

In a new article appearing in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, led by Cory Shain and Hope Kean, explore how the human brain shows ...

Prosodic and phonological structures form the bedrock of spoken language, orchestrating the rhythm, stress, and intonation that accompany linguistic utterances. These structures are not merely ...

Bonobos, one of humanity’s closest relatives, appear to string together vocal calls in ways that mirror a key feature of the human language, a new study carried out in the forests of the Democratic ...

Minoan Linear A tablets yield insights into the civilization’s economy and administration without the language being ...