Understanding the learning environments that help babies connect words to objects could help develop interventions for kids considered to be "late talkers."

A new study digs into how the term "white privilege" affects online communication. The findings show how important language is in talking about race online.

Blind people can remember speech better than sighted people, but do no better when remembering sounds, a new study shows.

Over time, people make changes to languages they use for a pretty simple reason: to make communication easier, a study of American Sign Language suggests.

A new study finds that the same information about COVID-19 vaccines, presented in a different language, can boost confidence.

Baby talk "seems to stimulate motor production of speech, not just the perception of speech. It's not just 'goo-goo ga-ga.'"

Very young children learn words at a tremendous rate. A new study shows how specific brain regions help them remember those words while they're sleeping.

The way zebra finches can recognize songs by their rhythmic patterns could shed light on language disorders and Parkinson's disease, researchers say.

Whale songs are more like freeform dancing than music, says Eduardo Mercado. "What the singers are doing seems to be much more dynamic."

A new test of creativity asks people to come up with unrelated words. The "distance" between the words correlated with other measures, researchers say.