linguistics

Scientists have come a step closer to understanding how we’re able to understand spoken language so rapidly, and it involves a huge and complex set of...

Searching through the mountains of published cancer research could be made easier for scientists, thanks to a new AI system.

On International Stammering Awareness Day (22 October), a new study reveals that Britain’s first speech therapists emerged at least a century earlier...

With our Postgraduate Open Day fast-approaching (3 Nov), we introduce five PhD students who are already making waves at Cambridge.

The capacity for language is what sets us apart from other animals. Talk with Your Hands, the third of four Cambridge Shorts films, explores the...

A new University of Cambridge research project is set to shed light on the history of writing in the ancient world, and explore the longlasting...

As children around the country go back to school, a new comparative study of spoken English reveals that we talk about education nearly twice as much...

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