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When my sister and I were growing up in Richmond, Va., my mother would make subtle comments about my sister’s body — noting how she was 胖 (pàng), which means fat in Chinese, or that her skin was too ...

Wanning Sun receives funding from the Australian Research Council ( DP180100663, 2018-2020). The question of how much influence the Chinese government wields on the Mandarin-speaking community in ...

Infants may be more sensitive to non-native speech sounds than previously thought, according to a new study. The findings shed light on the way babies begin to understand language. Infants may be more ...