When we use language, it seems so easy to understand what other people are saying that it is hard to appreciate the complexity of the act of carrying on a conversation. Obviously, we miscommunicate at ...

Cognitive scientists develop a new take on an old problem: Why human language has so many words with multiple meanings. Cognitive scientists develop a new take on an old problem: why human language ...

Bilingual and second language learners often encounter challenges when interpreting sentences with multiple possible meanings or structures. Research shows that their comprehension is shaped by ...

If you’re one of the 2.4 million Twitter followers of the Hamilton impresario Lin-Manuel Miranda, you’ve come to expect a delightful stream of observations, including tweets capturing conversations ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Why did language evolve? While the answer might seem obvious — as a way for individuals to exchange information — linguists and other students of communication have debated this ...