An international team proposes replacing Hockett’s feature checklist with a model of language as a dynamic, multimodal, and socially evolving system.

Dom Byrne is a freelance radio and podcast producer based in Brighton, UK. A paper co-authored by Tatsuya Amano was rejected recently without review because its level of English did not meet the ...

Text and talk in the science classroom constitute two of the primary vehicles by which students gain knowledge and make meaning. Yet, both involve the unique language of science. Presentations focused ...

Over the past 100 years, our mental model of a typical psychotherapy session has not changed much: You probably imagine a distraught but comfortable client lying supine on a couch while a curious ...

AI has become a big part of the way many people work, learn, and teach. This includes AI’s ability to provide an individualised approach to education and help students develop their skills. A study by ...

The science of language and linguistics may help advance our understanding of the human mind and behavior. A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United ...