Language sciences

The ability of children to speak any two dialects – two closely related varieties of the same language – may confer the same cognitive advantages as...

The University of Cambridge is to launch a major new research project to study the benefits of multilingualism to individuals and society, and...

A new research project examining a linguistic construction called the Verb Second constraint could, academics believe, help to explain how people...

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

Research into a ‘playful’ and increasingly popular urban language that grew out of the necessity for criminals to hide their true intent could help...

Research shows that children who speak more than one language have an advantage over their monolingual playmates when it comes to communication...

A project and website to help Divinity students (and any other keen language students) learn New Testament Greek will launch this month.

Thriving economies are the biggest factor in the disappearance of minority languages and conservation should focus on the most developed countries...