A new study challenges the idea that language stems from a single evolutionary root. Instead, it proposes that our ability to communicate evolved through the interaction of biology and culture, and ...

Editor's Note: The November-December issue of Health Affairs contains essays by a physician and a medical interpreter on the challenges and perils of navigating language gaps between medical providers ...

The study of language, communication and culture interrogates how linguistic systems not only encode cognitive processes but also constitute an integral resource for the organisation of social life ...

Introduction.--Principles of classification. (1874)--On the evolution of culture. (1875)--Primitive warfare I.-III. (1867-69)--Early modes of navigaton (1874) EVOLUTION OF CULTURE AND OTHER ESSAYS BY ...

There’s no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) will have a profound impact on our economies, work and lifestyle. But ...

Aisha Harris is a cohost and reporter for the NPR podcast "Pop Culture Happy Hour." Her new book is “Wannabe: Reckoning with the Pop Culture that Shapes Me." Depending on who you ask, pop culture can ...

MAYBE THE PEOPLE WOULD BE THE TIMES By Luc Sante 328 pp. Verse Chorus. Paper, $19.95. Image Sante’s collection of essays is a cabinet of curiosities, filled with the dark, the curious, the marvelous, ...

In the mid-2000s, the American novelist Jhumpa Lahiri moved to Rome and began writing only in Italian, a language she had long studied and loved. But on returning to the United States, Lahiri found ...

#StoriesThatInspire. Meet 10 activists who use digital media to strengthen and promote Mayan languages in Mexico. Photo by José Raúl Sánchez Pérez, used with his permission. Learn about the inspiring ...

Pair study of Chinese, French, Japanese, or Spanish language with a second major for careers in global arts, business, or science. Combined Accelerated Bachelor’s ...