Language and Scripts in The News


Tip-of-the-Tongue Moments Explained   Live Science - February 25, 2010
The findings could help scientists understand more about how the brain organizes and remembers language.

Nouns and verbs are learned in different parts of the brain   PhysOrg - February 25, 2010

Why can't chimps speak? Study links evolution of single gene to human capacity for language   PhysOrg - November 11, 2009

Human Speech Gene Found   Live Science - November 11, 2009

Suite of language genes discovered   New Scientist - November 11, 2009

Language may be key to theory of mind   New Scientist - June 23, 2009

Decoding antiquity: Eight scripts that still can't be read   New Scientist - May 28, 2009

What Happens When a Language Dies?   National Geographic - February 26, 2009

'Oldest English words' identified   BBC - February 26, 2009


Siberian, Native American Languages Linked -- A First National Geographic - March 27, 2008
A fast-dying language in remote central Siberia shares a mother tongue with dozens of Native American languages spoken thousands of miles away.

Language Feature Unique To Human Brain Identified Science Daily - March 24, 2008

Siberian, Native American Languages Linked -- A First National Geographic - March 27, 2008
A fast-dying language in remote central Siberia shares a mother tongue with dozens of Native American languages spoken thousands of miles away.

Languages Racing to Extinction in 5 Global "Hotspots" National Geographic - September 18, 2007
Video: Last Speaker of "Extinct" Language Found National Geographic - September 18, 2007

'Oldest' New World writing found National Geographic - September 15, 2006

A writing system lost for 3,000 years has been rediscovered on an ancient stone tablet in Mexico.

Writing traced to nature, ancient shapes MSNBC - April 25, 2006
Letters in All Writing Systems Traced Back to Nature Live Science - April 25, 2006

English sounds like one language, but it's really not PhysOrg - July 12, 2005

How different languages reflect, and shape, our conception of time Guardian - March 2005

New Language Points To Foundations Of Human Grammar Science Daily - February 2005

Speaking Tonal Languages Promotes Perfect Pitch Scientific American - November 2004

Learning languages 'boosts brain' BBC - October 2004

Children create new sign language BBC- September 2004
A new sign language created over the last 30 years by deaf children in Nicaragua has given experts a unique insight into how languages evolve.

'Papa' - Family words came first for early humans New Scientist - July 2004

English in Decline as a First Language National Geographic - March 2004

Half of all languages face extinction this century New Scientist - February 2004
Smaller societies are being assimilated into national and global cultures

First language gene discovered August 2002 - BBC News




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