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Tag: linguistics
What does gestural communication of great apes tell us about human language?
Our language is one of the features that define us as human beings and distance us from all other animals.
Koko’s compassion might show to the world that gorillas communicate
Just a while ago, I told you how researchers translated the chimpanzee gesture language. It was a real breakthrough, since ...
How we think before we speak
Photo: glowscotland.org.uk The common saying "think before you speak" is often used after a person spoke ...
Oldest known words are 15,000 years old. Includes “mother”, “not” or “spit”
A team of researchers at the University of Reading’s School of Biological Sciences have compiled a list of 23 of the ...
Baby’s ability to interpret languages is innate, research shows
Despite having brains that are still "under construction", babies are able, even three months before full term, to distinguish between ...
Txting makes u stupid, study finds
A linguistic study found that people who regularly text message are less likely to accept new words, as opposed to ...
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