Inaccurate metaphors about the mind can cause real harm, for instance leading educators to 'train' children like algorithms.

Java’s thirtieth birthday arrives amid the clamour surrounding generative AI, a technology already capable of drafting ...

Language,” writes Sumanto, “is not static; it breathes, it grows, it adapts.” This is especially true of English, which has ...

For decades, linguists and philosophers have grappled with the mystery of how humans process language. In our schools and ...

In a recent study published in Communications Psychology, researchers from NYU led by Associate Professor of Biomedical ...

But complex communication involving compositional structures and even a degree of syntax (or word order that plays a role in determining meaning, as in human language) isn't just a mammal thing.

When we think of language, we often consider it a uniquely human trait. However, the animal kingdom is filled with remarkable species that demonstrate sophisticated communication abilities that ...

In the book “More Than Words,” writer-educator John Warner makes the case for renewing the concept of writing as a fundamentally human activity. Large Language Model bots like ChatGPT offer ...

What’s special about Markdown is it uses plain-text syntax for formatting, so it’s easy to tell at a glance what Markdown-formatted text might look like when it’s rendered.

But language seemed uniquely human. This study—led by Cédric Girard-Buttoz of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology—challenges that notion.

It’s possible that the language used by chimpanzees is some kind of precursor to how human language itself evolved. At least, that appears to be the suggestion that the researchers are making here.

In human language, syntax is the set of rules that creates a system capable of expressing an infinite number of meanings. “Syntax is all about providing more and more precise, refined information.