Most of us learnt that ‘a’ goes before consonants and ‘an’ before vowels – and most of us were only half-right. This Learning ...

A study from Charles University and the Czech Academy of Sciences revisits a long-standing idea in language science that ...

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Researchers believe that the first proper words most likely originated from imitation. “People would try to imitate the sound ...

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New research reveals vowel-like patterns inside sperm whale click messages, or codas, suggesting surprisingly rich ...

A song remains a song even without lyrics, without a human voice, or without articulated language. It is striking. When the ...

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