In Hawaiian, "Lilo" is this beautiful little word grenade that explodes into multiple meanings: it means "lost" or "to be ...

Chimpanzees can combine vocal calls to form new meanings. This suggests a primitive form of syntax, hinting at the roots of ...

Audio from Joe Biden's interview with Robert Hur shows memory struggles about his son Beau's death and vice presidency amid a ...

In its original form, 'gnarly' means rough and twisted. It's often used in reference to flora and fauna. However, 'gnarly' has since gone on to become a popular slang word in the US where it describes ...

In Greenbelt, Maryland, a Washington suburb, U.S. District Judge Deborah Boardman wrote that “the Supreme Court has ...

A former U.S. military interpreter described the decision by the Trump administration to revoke his legal status as a 'textbook betrayal'.

At some times, Biden speaks almost at a whisper and has long pauses between words as he answers questions. He struggles to ...

The study presents new evidence that infants are capable of learning words solely through exposure to language. Human ...

How are we able to recall a word we want to say? This basic ability, called word retrieval, is often compromised in patients ...

As an American who has been living in Portugal and studying the language sporadically for about 18 months, I'm finally at the point where I can hold a basic conversation – if I know what subject we're ...