The Animals Are Talking. What Does It Mean?
Language was long understood as a human-only affair. New research suggests that isn’t so.
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Language was long understood as a human-only affair. New research suggests that isn’t so.
The idea a language should grow simpler if people need to learn it as adults has an intuitive appeal. But an analysis of more than 1,200 languages shows this doesn’t quite stack up.
Sihan Chen, a PhD student in MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, studies the social and environmental factors that shape the development of languages.
Despite rising conversations about systemic racism and societal inequities, we have rarely reevaluated the biases we hold toward each other for the way we speak.
If a Neanderthal walked down the street, appropriately dressed, you probably wouldn’t notice.