An international team proposes replacing Hockett’s feature checklist with a model of language as a dynamic, multimodal, and socially evolving system.

There's a common assumption that if someone starts learning a language when they are very young, they will quickly become ...

With a foundation in electrical engineering and an MBA in Finance and Marketing from the University of Lagos, Bola brings ...

Human language may seem messy and inefficient compared to the ultra-compact strings of ones and zeros used by computers—but our brains actually prefer it that way. New research reveals that while ...

Language is more than just spoken and written words. It’s the lens through which we see the world. Language is a beautifully intricate system that allows us to express our thoughts, emotions and ...

A recent study suggests that people in multilingual countries age more gracefully. But this may have more to do with wealth, healthcare, and structural advantage than language.

Health systems have a lot to gain from clinician education around effective communication with non-English-speaking patients. In 2013, more than 61 million people in the US reported speaking a ...

Roughly 34 million children around the world are affected by some sort of hearing loss, including deafness. Deafness is a type of hearing loss that results in having very little to no functional ...