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06 January 2020Tseltal children learn language with minimal child-directed speech
How important is it to talk directly to children? Talking to young children boosts their vocabulary development, but in many cultures children learn their languages with very little directed talk....
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18 January 2018Hunter-gatherers have a special way with smells
When it comes to naming colors, most people do so with ease. But, for odors, it’s much harder to find the words. One notable exception to this rule is found among the Jahai people, a group of hunter...
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14 December 2017
Celebrating 25 years of research into language and cognition
Does language shape the way you think? Does conversation work the same way across cultures? What can diverse languages tell us about how we experience the world? These are just some of the questions...
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02 October 2017The 'myth' of language history
Languages do not share a single history but different components evolve along different trajectories and at different rates. A large-scale study of Pacific languages reveals that forces driving...
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