English doesn’t help. Words like “paleontological” look innocent until you say them out loud and suddenly feel like you need ...

Here are correct pronunciations of Oregon, Willamette, Champoeg, Chemeketa, Deschutes, Grand Ronde, Idanha, Lebanon, Malheur, ...

It’s common to be told that filler words are bad, whether you’re in an in-person interview or chatting online, but avoiding them outright can worsen communication.

Linguists have noticed that many swear words share the same sharp, punchy sounds—hard consonants like “k,” “t,” and “g” that burst out of the mouth rather than flow. When a study examined those sound ...

It is extremely difficult to convince teachers, teacher-trainers, textbook writers, parents among others that children who squeeze a system of sounds from thin air also have the capacity to learn the ...

Two new studies published in the journals Neuron and Nature reveal how the human brain transforms a continuous stream of sound into distinct words. The findings identify a specific neural mechanism ...