In 2001 scientists studying human language made a breakthrough: by looking at the DNA of a family with a rare speech ...

Linguist Anne Curzan delights in the nuances and evolution of language. She says we should embrace they/them as singular pronouns---which have actually been used for hundreds of years. Anne Curzan is ...

Wild chimpanzees alter the meaning of single calls when embedding them into diverse call combinations, mirroring linguistic operations in human language. Human language, however, allows an infinite ...

In 1912, prominent Kazakh linguist and reformer Akhmet Baitursynuly adapted the Arabic script to better reflect Kazakh ...

Two new systematic reviews highlight how generative AI tools can boost writing fluency, motivation, and self-directed learning when embedded in collaborative, well-structured academic settings.

Language is one of the few faculties that still seems to be uniquely human. Other animals, like chimpanzees and songbirds, have developed elaborate communication systems, but none appears to convey ...