Linguistics

The science of language — sounds, grammar, and how we acquire and process it.

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Language & Communication Linguistics

Across languages, basic color words appear in a near-universal order — and red comes first after black and white

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Language & Communication Linguistics

The McGurk effect: what you see can change what you hear

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Language & Communication Linguistics

Pirahã, an Amazonian language, appears to have no exact numbers

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Language & Communication Linguistics

There is a language with no words for left and right — only north and south

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Language & Communication Linguistics

The window to learn a language's grammar stays open until about 17

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Language & Communication Linguistics

"Huh?" may be the closest thing to a universal word

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Language & Communication Linguistics

Sign languages aren't English on the hands — they have their own grammar

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Language & Communication Linguistics

On one Canary island, a whole language is whistled

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