Apr 23 2010
Coma Victim’s Language Ability Explained
How could a Croatian girl speak German but forget her native language after coming out of a coma?
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Mar 31 2010
New Written Language of Ancient Scotland Discovered
Once thought to be rock art, carved depictions of soldiers, horses and other figures are part of a written language dating back to the Iron Age.
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Mar 26 2010
Why Do People Swear?
When the Vice President dropped the f-bomb this week, he sparked a flurry of controversy, but researchers point out cussing has been around for centuries.
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Mar 16 2010
Accent Speaks Louder Than Race for Finding Friends
Children prefer to make friends with those whose speech patterns -- rather than skin color -- mimic their own.
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Mar 11 2010
English Sets High Hurdles to Learning ABCs
Given the inherent complexity of English, reading to young children is critical to developing their language skills.
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Mar 11 2010
English Sets High Hurdles to Learning ABCs
Given the inherent complexity of English, reading to young children is critical to developing their language skills.
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Feb 17 2010
Bilingual Babies Learn Language in the Womb
Infants exposed to different vocabularies early on prepares them to listen to and learn multiple languages.
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Feb 05 2010
65,000-Year-Old Language Goes Extinct
Boa Senior died last week, ending ancient Andaman culture Alok Das/ Survival International A tribal language thought to have existed for 65,000 years has disappeared forever in India's Andaman Islands, taken to the grave with its last speaker. According to ...
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