Prosodic and phonological structures form the bedrock of spoken language, orchestrating the rhythm, stress, and intonation that accompany linguistic utterances. These structures are not merely ...

Humpback whale song is a striking example of a complex, culturally transmitted behavior, but up to now, there was little evidence it has language-like structure. Human language, which is also ...

Across the world’s oceans, hydrophones are picking up intricate patterns of clicks, whistles, and pulses that do not map neatly onto any human language. Researchers are now treating these underwater ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract In the present study, we examine the effects of prompts and recasts on the acquisition of two new and different grammar structures in a ...

A spider weaving its intricate web is a bit like a person composing a song, at least in the eyes of MIT materials engineer Markus Buehler, whose research involves translating web structure into ...

“Language is a living pattern — something we shape, observe and share.” That idea guides the creative practice of artist and UC Santa Barbara assistant teaching professor Iman Djouini — and it will ...

Sign Language Studies, No. 40 (Fall 1983), pp. 193-286 (94 pages) This study describes the spontaneous sign language of six deaf children (6 to 16 years old) of hearing parents, who were exposed to ...

While speech may be strictly linear, there are no immediate acoustic clues in the speech we hear as to where one word ends and another begins. And so the infant brain immediately assumes the role of a ...

The race to solve every protein structure just welcomed another tech giant: Meta AI. A research offshoot of Meta, known for Facebook and Instagram, the team came onto the protein shape prediction ...

A research team led by a Duke professor recently developed a novel computational model to predict antibody structures, a significant breakthrough for disease prevention efforts. A study published in ...