Language/Linguistics/Speech

Study demonstrates the possibilities of a future speech prosthesis for humans It is possible to re-create a bird's song by reading only its brain activity, shows a first proof-of-concept study from the University of California San Diego.…

Authors of three scientific papers--two from the social and behavioral sciences (SBS) and one from science, technology, and medicine (STM)--are receiving SAGE Publishing's second annual 10-Year Impact Awards. The awards recognize the…

Joint Symposium of the Science Academies of Germany, Israel and the USA Digitization is an integral part of democracy today. This is particularly evident in election campaigns, political initiatives, and societal debates that are…

Hebrew University archaeologists unveil 7,000-year-old seal impressions used for commerce and protection of propertyCredit: Boaz Garfinkel A team of archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HU) made a rare discovery when…

The social consequences of Specific Language Impairment (SLI) and its effects on memory and attention span are among the studies to be presented at CHITEL 2021 7.58% of children suffer from Specific Language Impairment (SLI). In other…

Credit: (Image: UZH / Rodrigo Cámara-Leret) Language is one of our species' most important skills, as it has enabled us to occupy nearly every corner of the planet. Among other things, language allows indigenous societies to use the…

UD's Roberta Golinkoff one of 22 scholars elected to National Academy of EducationCredit: Photo by Evan Krape Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Unidel H. Rodney Sharp Chair and professor in the School of Education (SOE) and in the departments of…

Speech patterns of children are often compared with those of adults, but this ignores developmental and socioeconomic factors that affect how young kids talk MELVILLE, N.Y., June 8, 2021 -- Variations in children's speech has traditionally…

Though masks are necessary for curbing the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, their impacts on teachers' speech intelligibility may affect students' learningCredit: Jason Getz, Kennesaw State University MELVILLE, N.Y., June 8, 2021…

Americans dramatically overestimate the number of migrants affiliated with gangs and children being trafficked Many mainstream depictions of immigration at the southern border of the United States paint a dark picture, eliciting imagery of…

A new study suggests that not having any math education after the age of 16 can be disadvantageous A new study suggests that not having any maths education after the age of 16 can be disadvantageous. Adolescents who stopped studying maths…

Media representatives can register to attend; topics cover pandemic, vocals, moth wings MELVILLE, N.Y., June 7, 2021 -- Press conferences at the 180th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America will cover the latest in acoustical…

BU researchers say there is a need for custom speech therapy treatments for people suffering from language loss, especially Hispanic bilingual patients At Boston University, a team of researchers is working to better understand how…

Carolina study shows announcing pronouns improves how pronouns are understood A growing number of people use they/them pronouns to signal their gender identity, but for many people, use of "they" to refer to a single individual takes some…

Credit: KU LAWRENCE -- A strange thing sometimes happens when we listen to a spoken phrase again and again: It begins to sound like a song. This phenomenon, called the "speech-to-song illusion," can offer a window into how the mind…

COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The U.S. Army plans to cooperate in artificial intelligence research with teams led by the University of Maryland, College Park and in partnership with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. The cooperative…

Credit: Michael Griesser Siberian jays are group living birds within the corvid family that employ a wide repertoire of calls to warn each other of predators. Sporadically, however, birds use one of these calls to trick their neighbouring…

University of Houston leads research project funded by National Science Foundation Promotion and tenure processes in higher education are critical to the integrity of America's science enterprise. They determine which faculty members…

Credit: Tsunehiko Kohashi American writer and humorist Mark Twain, a master of language and noted lecturer, once offered, "The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause." Electric fish…

Findings suggest new strategies to limit the growth of groups like the Boogaloo and ISISCredit: Neil Johnson/GW WASHINGTON (May 19, 2021)--Early online support for the Boogaloos, one of the groups implicated in the January 2021 attack…