“SHAPE: The system of shape representations in cognition, development and across languages,” encompasses the way that shape figures into the learning of 44 different languages — systematically sampled ...

Scientists have used a form of simulation modeling to study the processes that shape language diversity patterns. A team of international researchers, led by Colorado State University's Michael Gavin, ...

You spend almost all of your waking hours—and even some of your non-waking hours—using language. Even when you’re not talking with other people, you’re still running a monologue in your head much of ...