Study finds complex languages may be more efficient for communication
How do languages balance the richness of their structures with the need for efficient communication? To investigate, ...
Learn a new language without flipping through a boring textbook
Trying to learn a new language can feel like cramming for a test you didn’t study for — confusing, frustrating, and full of ...
Macaques appear to associate spoken words with pictures
One of the most important cognitive foundations of human language is our ability to develop associations between the ...
Babies can identify language differences at just 4 months old, research reveals
A new study reveals that 4-month-old babies can distinguish between languages by hearing different speech sounds. Contrary to ...
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Bridging the AI-human language gap: Study proposes neologisms for better understanding
At the heart of the study is the assertion that humans and AI conceptualize the world differently. Humans rely on a shared ...
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Why birds need to hear themselves sing—and what it teaches us about human language
Sophisticated birdsong follows strict grammatical rules, much like human sentences. But what happens when birds can't hear ...
'ChatGPT for birdsong' may shed light on how language is wired in the human brain
Just like ChatGPT and other generative language models train on human texts to create grammatically correct sentences, a new ...
Ancient DNA Points to Origins of Indo-European Language
A new study claims to have identified the first speakers of Indo-European language, which gave rise to English, Sanskrit and ...