In world’s languages, scientists discover shared links between sound and meaning Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, right, shakes hands with Japanese runners on Aug. 19 at the Olympic Games in Rio de ...

It appears that meanings of words are far more often associated with certain sounds than is printed in linguistics textbooks. Up to now, linguists assumed that the association between how words sound ...

What languages sounded like before a few thousand years ago is one of the great unsolvable mysteries of modern science. Now two linguists have come up with a bold hypothesis: the speakers of the ...

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Christine Sun Kim’s poetic and political art pushes viewers to consider the limits, and misunderstandings, that come with communication in any language, whether spoken or signed. By Andrew Russeth ...

In the stillness of the night the hoot of an owl, the howl of a wolf, a frog’s croak or an insect’s tweet have both a thrill and an eeriness to it. Many humans associate these broadcasts with the ...

Where you grew up may influence how you speak. High in the mountains, languages contain short bursts of sound, says a new study. Why? Maybe cliff dwellers needed to keep their throats from drying out.

As AI dominates today’s communication, avoiding clichés is only half of the work for those who want to sound original. The harder and more useful task is knowing what to replace the cliches with. Many ...

Sound Of Metal, the Oscar-winning drama directed by Darius Marder, tells the story of a drummer who loses his hearing. When the story introduces Ruben, played by Riz Ahmed, we learn that this has been ...

Given the recent protests and riots stemming from the killing of George Floyd, many have been left wondering how racism might be infused into less obvious facets of our lives. While his death ...