In this one-hour activity, students gain an understanding of the nature of human communication and foster a scientific view on languages. Through class activities, games, reading, and analysis, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Private language builds the relationship in a way that goes beyond a mere partnership. It helps form a separate emotional world ...

Stephen Garner (left) and Huey Kolowich (right). The two formed the basis for UniLex after returning from their missions. (Courtesy of Stephen Garner). BYU is a community with many international ties.

UB has been awarded a highly competitive grant by the National Science Foundation and the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education to establish a national institute to ...

In a time where many Indigenous languages are endangered, two University of Wisconsin affiliates are working to bring new life to the Navajo language by developing science terms that previously did ...

Researchers in Australia set a few robots loose on the linguistic landscape. The droids come up with random words to navigate, and even create, maps--with surprising accuracy. Eric Mack has been a ...