The department's mission is to unravel the mysteries of how we acquire, process, and utilize language, as well as to understand the cognitive processes that underlie our thoughts, perceptions, and ...

Perhaps the most powerful shaper of English was William Tyndale. Tyndale's translation of the Bible into English is rich in theological and political implications.

How do systems of sounds and visible marks manage to represent the world, for example? How does language relate to thought, and how should we best understand the multiplicity of uses to which we put ...

The study of framing effects is a multidisciplinary line of research that investigates when, how, and why language influences those who receive a message and how it impacts their response.

Sound familiar? Thought so! His ‘Socratic’ methods are still used by teachers and many others in your time. Luckily some of his students - me included - do write things down, so all our hard ...

Whale song is more similar to human language than previously thought, research has found. The study, led by the University of St Andrews, revealed a previously undetected “language-like ...