Posts Tagged ‘linguistics’
Early bilinguals pick up two ‘sound systems’
U. ARIZONA (US) — People who learn two languages early in life can switch back and forth between separate sound codes for each language. Continue…
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Science & Technology - May 13, 2013 14:56 - 1 Comment
Brain readily spots grammatical errors
U. OREGON (US) — Neuroscientists have captured hard evidence that people detect and process grammatical errors with no awareness of doing so. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 6, 2012 11:54 - 1 Comment
College goals shift the way teens speak
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Teenagers who want to attend major research universities cut nonstandard language from their speech more often than those who plan to stay close to home. (more…)
Science & Technology - Oct 16, 2012 13:04 - 0 Comments
To be clear, brain tweaks language
U. ROCHESTER (US) — The brain will occasionally change language in order to make communication as precise and concise as possible, new research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 4, 2012 11:41 - 0 Comments
Archive tracks shift in Texas news topics
STANFORD (US) — A new online database analyzes newspaper vocabulary from the 1820s onward to reveal which topics have preoccupied Texas communities. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 8, 2012 13:24 - 0 Comments
‘Hot spot’ languages are in danger, too
PENN STATE (US) — Biodiversity hot spots are some of the most linguistically diverse regions on the planet, accounting for 70 percent of all languages on Earth. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 7, 2012 12:15 - 0 Comments
Facebook may help save dying language
U. VIRGINIA (US) — A digital archive is expected to help preserve the endangered language of a group of people in Papua New Guinea. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 23, 2012 13:10 - 1 Comment
When global money talks, it speaks English
U. TORONTO (CAN) — English reigns supreme in international business, and it’s not just because some of the biggest economies speak it. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 24, 2012 13:05 - 6 Comments
Don’t ditch the ‘ums’. Listeners need them
U. ILLINOIS (US) — Speakers should think twice before eliminating the “ums,” “uhs,” and other speech fillers from their message if they want listeners to recall what was said. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 24, 2012 12:54 - 0 Comments
Signers quick to read body language
UC DAVIS (US) — Deaf people who use sign language can recognize and interpret body language more readily than hearing non-signers, a new study shows. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 2, 2011 15:06 - 0 Comments
Consumers will pay for ‘authentic’ chips
STANFORD (US) — Like politicians who adopt regional accents to appeal to local audiences, potato chip producers vary the wording on their bags to convey their products’ authenticity in different ways to different buyers. (more…)
Top Stories - Oct 27, 2011 9:27 - 2 Comments
Codebreakers decipher 300-year-old secret
USC (US) — Scientists have cracked the code of a 300-year-old, 75,000-character manuscript that is handwritten in abstract symbols and Roman letters and fills 105 pages. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 20, 2011 16:05 - 2 Comments
Sentence struggle may flag Alzheimer’s
CORNELL (US) — Older adults with early Alzheimer’s disease may find it especially difficult to not only grasp for the right word, but also to construct complex sentences. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 18, 2011 14:41 - 0 Comments
Bilingual kids tune into right stuff
CORNELL (US) — Young children who learn a second language have a heightened ability to pay attention to what’s important and to ignore what’s not. (more…)
Top Stories - Jul 1, 2011 10:08 - 1 Comment
Bilingual brain translates in an instant
U. NOTTINGHAM (UK) —The bilingual brain is able to process two languages automatically without forethought, even when they are very different. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 31, 2011 12:35 - 9 Comments
Is being bilingual a no-brainer?
U. KANSAS (US) — There may be a simple explanation for how the brain processes two or more languages, according to psycholinguist Mike Vitevitch. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 17, 2011 10:47 - 3 Comments
Mild, um, speech pauses are persuasive
U. MICHIGAN (US) — To be successful in speaking situations, it’s best to remember an old adage: Everything in moderation. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 22, 2011 13:00 - 6 Comments
Advice vs. experience: Divergent paths
BROWN (US) — Setting aside advice and following what has been learned from experience, or believing advice even when experience contradicts it, comes down to genetics. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 23, 2011 11:44 - 0 Comments
More proof signers think like bilinguals
PENN STATE (US) — A person fluent in sign language processes both words and signs while reading, juggling both like a bilingual. (more…)
