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

Every time we speak, we're improvising. "Humans possess a remarkable ability to talk about almost anything, sometimes putting ...

Researchers have developed a wearable, comfortable and washable device called Revoice that could help people regain the ...

Slavery ends not when words are purified or systems improved, but when relations are introduced that power cannot absorb – and in an age of melting ice and automated obedience, This is precisely ...

If you wanted to decode a language spoken in brief bursts by a whale species that disappears into the deep for an hour at a time, audio alone would not cut it. You would need to know who was speaking, ...

While Gemini 3 is still making waves, Google's not taking the foot off the gas in terms of releasing new models. Yesterday, the company released FunctionGemma, a specialized 270-million parameter AI ...

Understanding the historical evolution and divergence of languages requires a quantitative framework for measuring their relationships. Traditional linguistic classifications provide hierarchical ...

Most educators are familiar with the saying “All teachers are teachers of language.” Although we wholeheartedly agree, we know that not all teachers have been taught to be language teachers. Unless ...

Human languages are complex phenomena. Around 7,000 languages are spoken worldwide, some with only a handful of remaining speakers, while others, such as Chinese, English, Spanish and Hindi, are ...

There are many sounds in English that don’t exist in Spanish, and vice versa. Take the sound the letter “z” makes in English, or the rolled “r” in Spanish. In the Southside independent school district ...

Switching to structured water devices is becoming a popular choice for many families. These devices introduce a new way of experiencing water, believed to provide significant health benefits. With ...