The idea that we have brains hardwired with a mental template for learning grammar—famously espoused by Noam Chomsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—has dominated linguistics for almost ...

Speaking multiple languages can have some surprising effects on the brain Speaking a second or even a third language can bring obvious advantages, but occasionally the words, grammar and even accents ...

Explore the Smithsonian Folklife Festival's "One World, Many Voices" program. Nearly half of the 7,000 languages spoken in the world are expected to vanish in the next 100 years. One of them is ...

After two and a half years behind bars, Juan Granados spent his first day of freedom in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles. Next stop was the Immigration and Naturalization Service to renew his ...

In the dystopian world of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, the government of Oceania aims to achieve thought control through the restriction of language. As explained by the character Syme, a ...

Nestled in the Qalamoun mountains, about 56 kilometers northeast of Damascus, the historic Syrian town of Maaloula is one of the ...

Large language models evolved alongside deep-learning neural networks and are critical to generative AI. Here's a first look, including the top LLMs and what they're used for today. Large language ...