Today’s topic is going to be a bit technical. Although it centres on three common grammatical elements, it involves some technicalities, the type we usually want to as much as possible play down in ...

Our brain links incoming speech sounds to knowledge of grammar, which is abstract in nature. But how does the brain encode abstract sentence structure? In a neuroimaging study, researchers report that ...

A team of neuroscientists has found new support for linguist Noam Chomsky's decades-old theory that we possess an 'internal grammar' that allows us to comprehend even nonsensical phrases. A team of ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. The dictionary definition of a participle is; ‘a verb ending in –‘ing’ (present ...

Free language learning apps often promise the world — but don’t expect fluency from one. Here’s what to expect before you sign up. By Eric Ravenscraft If mobile language-learning apps are to be ...

[NOTE: This is not a political analysis of the President's Inaugural Address, but rather a commentary on its themes, words and phrases, as well as the accuracy of the criticisms leveled.] The ...