Growing up in a multilingual home has many advantages, but many parents worry that exposure to multiple languages might delay language acquisition. New research could now lay some of these ...

When we listen to a familiar language, we easily discern the starts and stops of words, even when they're barely there. It ...

Ideophones, or words that sound like what they mean—words whose sound evokes the sensory experience they describe, like swish or twinkle—are easier to learn than other words, a new study finds. The ...

The brain’s superior temporal gyrus quietly learns your language patterns, helping it break continuous speech into clear, ...

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What makes some words easier to learn than others? Researchers found that ideophones — words that sound like what they mean — are easier to learn than regular words. This suggests that some of our ...