language can serve an interactive function. And in so doing, it both facilitates and enriches communication in a number of ways. Vyvyan Evans, Ph.D., is a language and communication consultant.

It enables humans to interact, convey meaning, and build social connections across diverse contexts. This communicative function of language manifests in several ways. Language allows individuals to ...

Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and partner institutions, including the Brookfield Zoo Chicago's Sarasota Dolphin Research Program (SDRP), are the winners of the ...

Impairments in social and executive brain functions hinder effective communication, according to research in patients with dementia recently published in eNeuro. Non-language brain regions are ...

She is Professor of English Language and the Deputy Head of the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Helsinki. My research focuses on the long history of English. The central questions ...

Through film and TV, you are exposed to the features of natural conversation across situations and the more communicative functions of the language. This can help you acquire a more natural speech ...

10, No. 4 (2023), pp. 175-192 (18 pages) This paper investigates to what extent telecollaboration can be integrated as an effective medium for the enhancement of intercultural communicative competence ...