Although it is generally agreed that language differentiates humans from other animals, there’s less agreement as to why. Many scholars, notably Noam Chomsky, have argued that it’s grammar that makes ...

Children learn language effortlessly and completely voluntarily. They learn new words miraculously fast. A teenager masters about 60,000 words of their mother tongue by the time they finish high ...

The New York Times Games team discusses its creative process. By Elie Levine As of June 26, Strands has been officially added to the New York Times Games portfolio. Attention all Connections fiends, ...

The Oxford University Press promises it's not rage baiting with its two-word Word of the Year. The publishing house announced on Dec. 1 that its experts have named "rage bait" the 2025 Word of the ...

‌You may have heard toddlers mimic noises and words when they hear others speak. This repetition or imitation of sounds, phrases, or words is called echolalia. The term comes from the Greek words ...