Tag: linguistics

Study suggests similarities across languages may stem from brain’s preference for efficient information processing

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From the University of Arizona press release: An estimated 7,099 languages are spoken throughout the world today. Almost a third of them are endangered — spoken by dwindling numbers —… Read more »

Study suggests children as young as 2 understand basic grammar rules

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From the University of Pennsylvania press release via ScienceDaily: A new study from the University of Pennsylvania has shown that children as young as 2 understand basic grammar rules when… Read more »

Study suggests linguistic and conceptual processing take place in different parts of the brain

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From the Association for Psychological Science press release: How does the brain confer meaning on the things we perceive in the world? “Many of us favor the theory that, whether… Read more »

Unconscious learning could be the secret to speeding up learning a second language

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From the Cambridge University media release: When linguists talk about unconscious or implicit language learning, they don’t mean learning while you sleep. Rather, they are talking about one of the… Read more »