Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since Aristotle, who wrote that humanity was “the animal that has language.” ...

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In a re-evaluation of Hockett's foundational features that have long dominated linguistic theory—concepts like "arbitrariness ...

Despite the vast diversity of human languages, specific grammatical patterns appear again and again. A new study reveals that ...

Charles Hockett’s ‘design features’ no longer reflect major findings in linguistics, cognitive science, and biology.

A new framework argues that human language did not arise from a single evolutionary leap but from the convergence of many biological abilities and cultural processes.

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A new Science paper challenges the idea that language stems from a single evolutionary root. Instead, it proposes that our ability to communicate evolved through the interaction of biology and culture ...

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The Cetacean Translation Initiative is using artificial intelligence to help understand sperm whale communications. Lawyers ...

MIT Technology Review’s senior reporter for features and investigations, Eileen Guo, and FT tech correspondent Melissa ...

New research reveals vowel-like patterns inside sperm whale click messages, or codas, suggesting surprisingly rich ...