We’re one step closer to understanding the sperm whale ‘alphabet’

CETI’s previous scientific findings, aided by artificial intelligence, have already revealed a strikingly intricate system of ...
Fast Company

AI is quietly reshaping the way we talk

In a peer-reviewed study published in the Cornell University archive arXiv, FSU researchers found that AI is influencing not just how we write, but how we speak. After analyzing more than 22 million ...
techtimes

Language Learning and Brain Development: Insights from Scientific Research

Language learning is a fascinating and intricate process that has intrigued scholars and researchers for centuries. It is not only a means of communication but also a window into the complex workings ...
Nature

Second Language Writing and Linguistic Development

Second language writing represents a critical domain where linguistic development and academic proficiency converge. Over recent decades researchers have deepened our understanding of how learners’ ...
The Atlantic

The Parents Trying to Pass Down a Language They Hardly Speak

This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here. My mother used to ...
Gizmodo

Sperm Whale Communication Is Remarkably Similar to Human Language, Research Suggests

Sperm whales’ clicking communiques include context and combination structures that make their messaging more akin to language than previously known, according to a team of researchers at MIT. Sperm ...
Reuters

Health Rounds: Language in health research grants is changing under political pressure

Dec 19 (Reuters) - (This is an excerpt of the Health Rounds newsletter, where we present latest medical studies on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox for free sign up ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

Conflict resolution more successful using a native language, research shows

The choice of language in a negotiation is often considered a technical issue, not something that could influence the outcome. But new research published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution finds ...
The Conversation

Modern language GCSEs continue to fall in popularity – but new research shows language knowledge will last you a lifetime

You might think that if you stop using a language after studying it at school, you will end up forgetting everything you knew. But this isn’t true. Language knowledge will stay in your brain for ...
Booth School of Business

LLMs Across Industries: Recent Research on Large Language Models

The world of finance produces vast amounts of data, yet many types – such as text, audio, and image data – have historically been underutilized in financial modeling. Traditionally, stock prices are ...
Alaska Public Media

At hearing, linguists tell lawmakers that the Alaska Native Language Center’s mission is at risk

Linguists across the state say Alaska’s primary research institute for Alaska Native languages is being starved of funding, ...