Humans are unique in their ability to acquire language. But how? A new study shows that we are in fact born with the basic fundamental knowledge of language, thus shedding light on the age-old ...

In my recent book, The Language Myth, I investigate one of the dominant themes that has preoccupied the study of language for the last 50 years or so: whether the rudiments of the human capacity for ...

Indigenous peoples pass on their knowledge of medicinal plants orally. If their languages go extinct, valuable medical knowledge will be lost. A study estimates that 75% of the world's medicinal plant ...

People learn a second language for many reasons, including work, to better understand the world, an interest in the culture of the language itself, and love. Learning a language has many benefits. For ...

Many successful people in history spoke multiple languages. Other languages are crucial assets in business and diplomacy. “There are so many benefits to language learning that go beyond the purely ...