When it comes to learning a language, the left side of the brain has traditionally been considered the hub of language processing. But new research shows the right brain plays a critical early role in ...

Holistic theories of meaning have, at least since Dummett's Frege: The Philosophy of language, been assumed to be problematic from the perspective of the incremental nature of natural language ...

Learning a new language isn’t easy. It took me four years of high school French to be semi-comfortable ordering a croissant in a Parisian cafe. But, keeping a notebook while you’re learning a foreign ...

Everyone knows that picking up a second language grows more difficult with age. And in a new study, scientists have pinpointed the age at which your chances of reaching total fluency plummet: 10. The ...

When it comes to learning a new language, popular opinion holds that it is more difficult to achieve as an adult than a child. But is there really a “critical period” for language learning? While it ...

A new study from MIT shows that trying harder can actually make some aspects of learning a new language more difficult. While researchers have known that adults have a harder time with new languages ...

Karen Roehr-Brackin received funding from the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust (grant reference SRG23\230787) which supported the research project reported here. If you’ve always wanted to learn a new ...