The way a language encodes gender suggests a subtle link to how its speakers view their own personalities. A recent study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology provides ...

The world of brain research has a secret flaw. For decades, studies into how the mind works have been carried out primarily by English-speaking scientists on English-speaking participants. Yet their ...

There are more than 7,000 languages in the world, and their grammar can vary a lot. Linguists are interested in these differences because of what they tell us about our history, our cognitive ...

Learning another language is a highly complex mental activity. It requires people to remember words, distinguish unfamiliar ...

Five couples who speak different languages share how they communicate affection with each other. By Eric V. Copage “How’s your French coming along?” The familiar voice, accompanied by a light tap on ...