Effective communication lies at the heart of human connection. It helps us collaborate with each other, solve problems and ...

Which words do we find beautiful? And do beautifully sounding words stick better in memory? A new study led by linguist Theresa Matzinger from the University of Vienna suggests that the phonemic ...

Scientists created fake words to test if sound affects memory. Result: people remembered pleasant-sounding words twice as ...

If you've been in El Paso for a while, you may notice people speak English and Spanish, sometimes in the same sentence. Here's a guide to some El Paso lingo.

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While most of the splashy fall premieres are already starting to lose momentum, Spain’s Oscar submission — Sirāt, by Oliver ...

TikToker Brittany is learning German and has made a hilarious video of a sentence where every word sounds the same. Brittany asks the language learning app Pingo AI to say the following sentence in ...

Teachers can collaborate with students to identify shared values that establish a foundation of respect and a positive ...

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In Meagan Beam’s dining room, a dozen 3D printers whir and clack away as they crank out plastic tiles with colorful raised letters, letter combinations and pictures on them. The tiles are part of a ...

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