A recent study indicates that bilinguals may excel at controlling attention and disregarding irrelevant information compared to monolinguals, potentially due to their regular language switching.…
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New research explores how language ideologies and inter-community interactions impact language shifts in multilingual societies. Utilizing a quantitative approach and mathematical modeling, the research reveals…
A study reveals that language related to “improvement” is more closely aligned with addition rather than subtraction, potentially leading to overcomplicated solutions. This addition bias…
The study found that Americans use the word “right” to signify their existing knowledge or awareness about a specific subject, while British English speakers use…
Finding common musical traits across species may shed light on the biology and evolution of rhythm and music. Credit: Filippo Carugati Songbirds share the human…
A new study by an MIT linguist shows that the speech calls of some monkeys may be more sophisticated than realized, but are still far…