Not all words are created equal – and those that sound more surprising are more likely to grab our attention and stick in our ...

Scientists created fake words to test if sound affects memory. Result: people remembered pleasant-sounding words twice as ...

Do you ever worry that your English sounds rude without meaning to? In this video, Claire shows you how small language mistakes can make a big difference in how polite—or impolite—you sound. From ...

In this video, I share a playful take on how some English words sound like very different—and dramatic—phrases in Chinese! As ...

Mascha Schilinski talks her Cannes-winning 'Sound of Falling,' creating a sonic landscape, and directing children for the ...

Some of the best free Android apps that can teach you a new language have lessons with real tutors, community feedback, and ...

“Ikùn,” I repeat, pointing to the illustration of a brown stomach under a turquoise shirt on the page before us. My daughter mimics the picture by raising her top and revealing her tummy. She pokes ...

Why is it so easy to hear individual words in your native language, but in a foreign language they run together in one long stream of sound? Researchers from UC San Francisco have begun to answer that ...

A new study suggests that everyday multilingual habits—from chatting with neighbors to revisiting a childhood language—may ...

Thesaurus overuse is no stranger to students such as myself, who believe we must choose the most complex language in order to ...

Which words do we find beautiful? And do beautifully sounding words stick better in memory? A new study led by linguist Theresa Matzinger from the University of Vienna suggests that the phonemic ...

Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in the human brain — and has found some similarities to ...