A new model to predict how language changes over time has been developed by a statistical physicist at the University of ...

Why, and when, do we learn to speak the way that we do? Research from North Carolina State University on African-American children presents an unexpected finding: language use can go on a ...

When it comes to using “big data” to analyze the patterns of society, the conversation inevitably turns to social media. Yet the world’s news media actually offers larger and richer insights into ...

Human languages are known to have grown and changed considerably over the course of history, often reflecting technological, ...

The way African penguins talk — in shrieks and squawks — during breeding season may not sound like much, but new research published Tuesday suggests that the raucous calls follow linguistic patterns ...

Linguistic structures show uneven global distributions, but it remains unknown to what extent such distributions are driven ...

Why, and when, do we learn to speak the way that we do? New research on African-American children presents an unexpected finding: language use can go on a roller-coaster ride during childhood as kids ...