Learn how early human language relied on simple verb-noun combinations, and how these structures still survive today as clues ...

The age at which children learn a second language can have a significant bearing on the structure of their adult brain, according to a new study. The age at which children learn a second language can ...

The structure of languages may reveal more about their roots than their vocabularies do, according to a new biologically inspired linguistic technique. Studying languages can be extremely useful to ...

Humpback whale song is a striking example of a complex, culturally transmitted behavior, but up to now, there was little evidence it has language-like structure. Human language, which is also ...

In the early 20th century linguist Benjamin Lee Whorf thrilled his contemporaries by noting that the Hopi language, spoken by Native American people in what is now Arizona, had no words or grammatical ...