The Science of Language

How to Learn a Language With Your Kids

Keep Your Children Entertained by Involving Them in Your Language Study Throughout this current pandemic, many of our readers have been facing the task of home-schooling their children. Read More >>

How to Learn a New Alphabet or Script: Our Top Tips

Siobhan Wood

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Words for Love Around the World – The Linguistics of Love

Emily Taylor

How to Say "I Love You" in Different Languages - Word Nerd Series Since Valentine's Day is fast approaching here in the States, today on Word Nerd we're going to dive into the words for love in different languages. Read More >>

Do Animals Have Language? Differences Between Human Language & Animal Communication

Erin Donnelly

How is Human Language Different From Animal Communication Systems In the 1960s, linguist Charles Hockett identified a set of "design features" to distinguish human language from animal communication systems. Read More >>

Learn a New Language in 2020 and Reap the Benefits

Rebecca Dossantos

Advance Your Career, Boost Creativity, Slow Cognitive Aging or Improve Problem-Solving Skills. Read More >>

How Language Shapes the Way We Think and See the World

Erin Donnelly

How Language Influences The Way You See Colors, Space, and Time One day I was in my Kiswahili language learning course when my instructor taught us something profound about how language influences how we see other people. Read More >>

7 Language Learning Tips to Achieve Your New Year’s Resolution

Rebecca Dossantos

Is your New Year’s Resolution to learn a new language in 2020? Ah ... Read More >>

English-German Cognates – Common English Words Derived From German

Madison Rittenhouse

37 Everyday English Words that Came From German (& Why) Did you know that the first dictionary of the English-language was published in 1604? Read More >>

Is Slang Destroying the English Language?

Erin Donnelly

Is Slang Bad and Does Slang Ruin Language? Read More >>

How to Memorize Foreign Language Vocabulary FAST (Infographic)

Madison Rittenhouse

The 4 Best Ways to Memorize Vocabulary in a Foreign Language “Probably no aspect of learning a foreign language is more important than memory,” Paul Pimsleur. Read More >>

Cornell Students Create Alien Torfan Language for Marvel

Madison Rittenhouse

Linguistics students spend their time studying phonetics, dissecting sentence structures, and … creating alien languages? That’s right. Read More >>

Whistled Languages – Ultimate Guide to Long Distance Conversations

Erin Donnelly

In some languages, whistled languages can be used as a fill-in for spoken language when a face-to-face conversation is not possible. Read More >>

Do Women Really Talk More Than Men?

Erin Donnelly

How Does Gender Affect Language Use? Read More >>

National Museum Fire ravages Brazil’s Indigenous Languages

Erin Donnelly

In one sense, a fire can destroy only what is tangible, but in Brazil's National Museum fire, languages also perished. Read More >>

History of Halloween: The Origin of English’s Spookiest Words

Erin Donnelly

The end of October is approaching, making now a good time to brush up on the history of Halloween language. Read More >>

Can Drinking 4 Glasses of Water a Day Double Language Learning?

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Amazing New Study Reveals Secret to Faster Language Learning Researchers have long considered language learning to be a combination of the right method and a motivated student, but one researcher may have discovered the hidden key to unlocking second language proficiency. Read More >>

Speaking French May Earn You a 15 Percent Higher Income

Brian Amador

Boost Your Pay by Learning French Being bilingual can benefit your career and provide you a higher income. Read More >>