A key barrier to making phonetic studies scalable and replicable is the need to rely on subjective, manual annotation. To help meet this challenge, a machine learning algorithm is developed for ...

Very few people get to invent a new language that is heard by millions: DW talked to linguist Paul Frommer about how he ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

Learning to read, unlike speaking, walking, or understanding the world around us, is not something humans do naturally.

There is a particularly interesting phenomenon that shows how the human brain tends to systematically associate sounds and shapes: the ...

Learn the simple English trick of the day to never confuse 'a' vs 'an' again – easy rule that works 100% of the time, even ...

Choosing a name is often a moment charged with emotion and meaning. What if the beauty of a name could be scientifically measured? A surprising study conducted by a British linguist claims that a name ...