Face value
Study shows that low-information voters are most likely to be swayed by candidates’ appearances.
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.
A new revolution
Egyptian Facebook activists visit MIT, representing a new non-violent movement in the Middle East.
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
The lonely crowd
In a new book, Sherry Turkle documents the sometimes-detrimental effects of technology on our families and social lives.
CIS's Précis examines research, student work
Late fall edition of the biannual publication now available.