An international team proposes replacing Hockett’s feature checklist with a model of language as a dynamic, multimodal, and socially evolving system.

Whales use complex communication systems we still don’t understand, a trope exploited in sci-fi shows like Apple TV’s Extrapolations. That show featured a humpback whale (voiced by Meryl Streep) ...

For decades, scientists have asked whether language simply reports conscious thought or helps shape it. New insights from researchers at the University of Liège suggest the answer sits somewhere in ...

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