In today's world, telecommunications and global connectivity have witnessed an unprecedented increase, making intercultural communication an unavoidable reality. A concerning aspect of such ...

Scholars have created a new global repository of linguistic data. The project is designed to facilitate new insights into the evolution of words and sounds of the languages spoken across the world ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards in Taipei Taiwan's Golden Melody Awards in Taipei TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan celebrated linguistic ...

Peer Readers at the the Drexel Writing Center recently hosted a linguistic diversity workshop that encouraged students to embrace the distinct parts of their identities that can influence their ...

Islands drive language change and generate language diversity in similar ways to how they drive species diversity, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU) that analysed ...

Does language shape thought? Do the languages we speak affect how we live our lives? These are some of the oldest questions in the cognitive and social sciences, and a handful of high-profile research ...

The world of brain research has a secret flaw. For decades, studies into how the mind works have been carried out primarily by English-speaking scientists on English-speaking participants. Yet their ...

Linguistic diversity, like other types of diversity, can enrich life. It’s a truism that languages and cultures are closely allied. Some believe that language imposes its own unique perceptual grid on ...

Researchers suspect dogs can learn up to 165 words. While it’s clear our canine friends can understand some of the native language their human parents speak, can their brains distinguish between ...