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The communicative brain

What is it about the human brain that makes language possible? Two evolutionary systems working together, say neuroscientists Professor William Marslen-Wilson and Professor Lorraine Tyler.

How languages are built

A team of Cambridge linguists has embarked on an ambitious project to identify how the languages of the world are built - from Inuit Yupik to sub-Saharan Bantu, from Navajo to Nepalese.

Making sense of language: learning across the lifespan

Henriëtte Hendriks, Head of Cambridge's newly formed Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, explains why linguistics - the scientific study of human language - is central to understanding our highly complex system of communication.