MIT linguist Danny Fox named Anshen-Chomsky Professor of Language and Thought
Research illuminates both language and the mind itself.
Research illuminates both language and the mind itself.
Grammatical habits in written English reveal linguistic features of non-native speakers’ languages.
Neuroscientists find that trying harder makes it more difficult to learn some aspects of language.
In a Bolivian rainforest society, children learn to count just like in the U.S., but on a delayed timetable.
New paper amplifies hypothesis that human language builds on birdsong and speech forms of other primates.
MIT professor’s new book explains how the quirks of Russian numerals can tell us something deep about the universal properties of grammar.
The professors were recognized by their peers for their efforts to advance science or its applications.
Graduate student Rafael Nonato travels to the fringes of the Amazon rainforest to explore the Brazilian native language of the Kĩsêdjê.
Study shows how people rationally interpret linguistic input.
Among 198 elected this year to the prestigious honorary society.
Study reveals linguistic deficits behind autistic children’s difficulties understanding other people.
Initiative designed to help Haitians gain technical education.