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Today we know far more than we used to do a century ago about the relationship between language and the brain.

This chapter of the 101 series is concerned with phonology, the subfield of linguistics which deals with systems of sounds in languages.

Phonetic transcription is a fundamental aspect of linguistics. This article explain why this is the case and how transcription is done.

This article deals with an important aspect of human life, language acquisition. Children acquire language very early and spontaneously

Introduction to the main concepts of phonetics and phonology, the two disciplines of linguistics related to sound production and perception.

Have you ever wondered why codes used in programming are referred to as languages? They do not seem to have something in common with human languages, except for the fact they may be learnt, and one can become fluent or proficient in using them. This point of view is only partially correct. While it is true that programming languages are substantially different from spoken languages, as commonly conceived, it may be surprising to discover that some important contributions to t

When considering the differences between humans and other species, there are several fields where a distinction is macroscopically observable. There are some things that only humans seem to be able to do: create and use artefacts and technologies, sequence the genome, project and fly aeroplanes. No other species is able to manipulate matters and objects to the same degree: chimpanzees, which are among the closest relatives to humans, for example, have the ability to, in a ve