Language sciences

The University of Cambridge is to launch a major new research project to study the benefits of multilingualism to individuals and society, and...

A web-based machine language system solves crossword puzzles far better than commercially-available products, and may help machines better understand...

Millions of English language tests are taken each year by non-native English speakers. Researchers at Cambridge’s ALTA Institute are building ‘...

James Clackson's new book looks at what language use can tell us about ancient societies.

Individual differences in early language development, and in later language functioning, are associated with changes in the anatomy of the brain in...

Thriving economies are the biggest factor in the disappearance of minority languages and conservation should focus on the most developed countries...

In a groundbreaking new study, Cambridge researchers have mapped out the neurobiological basis of a key aspect of human communication: intonation.

Future hearing aids could be adjusted by the wearer to remove background noise using new technology that could also be used to clean up and search...