Language development

Discoveries Study finds universal rules behind how languages reuse words

Study of 1,995 languages reveals universal rules behind how people reuse words while balancing clarity and simplicity.

Innovations Are you truly multilingual? A new calculator has the answer Melanie Livingstone

Health Ancient lead exposure may have helped early humans evolve language and intelligence Joshua Shavit

AI Children’s brains learn language in ways AI can’t imitate, study finds

Discoveries Babies can learn words with context clues, study finds