A champion of Creole
Linguist Michel DeGraff is on a quest to give Haitian Creole its due as a respected language — and to help Haitian schoolchildren learn in their native tongue.
Of minds and machines
Final installment of MIT’s 150th anniversary symposia explores intelligence — both human and artificial.
Looking beyond English
MIT professor uses linguistics in an ESL classroom to teach scientific principles, empower a new generation of critical thinkers.
Martin Hackl's Experimental Syntax and Semantics Lab generates knowledge about meaning formation
Role of linguistic form stronger than previously realized.
Ask a linguist: Q&A with David Pesetsky
Professor, AAAS fellow discusses 'Universal Grammar,' relationship between language and music
Emeritus: Sound reasoning
MIT emeritus linguist Morris Halle sees his influence live on — and take some unexpected directions
Three of a kind
MIT linguist Shigeru Miyagawa explains how the hidden similarities of English, Japanese, and some forms of Bantu reveal language’s universal essence.