5 nearly universal speech quirks - no matter what language you speak

Our languages vary, but we may not be that different after all. From the word "huh" to how we come up with the names of ...
University of California, San Francisco

Why a Foreign Language Sounds Like a Blur to Non-Native Ears

Scientists have thought that when we hear language, the brain processes it the same way, whether it's familiar or foreign. A ...
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How the brain transforms continuous sound into distinct words

Two new studies published in the journals Neuron00792-5) and Naturereveal how the human brain transforms a continuous stream ...
CNN

Swear words in different languages have one thing in common

What’s in a swear? The world’s filthiest words typically refer to something vulgar or taboo, for one. But there’s something else swears across the world’s languages have in common. They’re all missing ...
Carnegie Mellon University

Speaking Their Language: CMU's New AI Lets Kids Hear Their Own Corrected Voice

Researchers in CMU's Language Technologies Institute have created an AI tool that could help fix a child's speech and preserve their identity and personality by allowing them to hear the reconstructed ...