In an earlier post, Is There A Language Instinct?, based on my book, The Language Myth, I observed that the philosopher and linguist, Professor Noam Chomsky, argues that Universal Grammar can be ...

Nearly 7,000 different languages are spoken across the world. But how these languages evolved has long been a source of debate. Now, a group of German researchers has uncovered exactly how language ...

A new research project is looking for evidence of “universal grammar” – the notion that humans are hard-wired to understand language from birth. A new research project is looking for evidence of ...

You can order Gnome Chomsky, the Garden Noam for $195, plus shipping. A ‘What Would Noam Do?’ mug can be yours for $15. ‘Colorless green ideas sleep furiously,’ an oft-repeated demonstration of how ...

What makes language special is part of what makes us special, so understanding what language is made of and how we learn it brings us closer to our human nature. Is language special because it runs on ...

People instinctively organise a new language according to a logical hierarchy, not simply by learning which words go together, as computer translation programs do. The finding may add further support ...