Over a third of new conservation science documents published annually are in non-English languages, despite assumption of English as scientific ‘...
Wendy Ayres-Bennett (Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics) discusses the impact of the military's new language policy.
Tomas Folke (Department of Psychology) and Julia Ouzia (Anglia Ruskin University) discuss the cognitive disadvantages that may be associated with...
The University of Cambridge is to launch a major new research project to study the benefits of multilingualism to individuals and society, and...
Will you be speaking Greek, Turkish or Spanish on holiday this summer – or will you rely on the locals having a workable grasp of English? In his...
What is it about the human brain that makes language possible? Two evolutionary systems working together, say neuroscientists Professor William...
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-...
Henriëtte Hendriks, Head of Cambridge’s newly formed Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, explains why linguistics – the scientific...
