For 20 years, this computational linguistics competition has inspired new generations of innovators in AI and language ...

I remember the first time I attended a linguistics lecture as an undergraduate in Argentina. The lecturer asked a simple question: where does language come from? My instinctive answer was: books.

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A new analysis of genetic studies proposes that the cognitive capacity for language was already present at least 135,000 years ago.

Health systems have a lot to gain from clinician education around effective communication with non-English-speaking patients. In 2013, more than 61 million people in the US reported speaking a ...

When it comes to communication, words get it done. Words can sell, excite, inflame, prompt sacrifice, mend hearts, and that’s not even the beginning. People remember leaders for their words. The right ...

Suspicion and affection. Apprehension and excitement. Most people have mixed feelings about AI English, whether or not they always recognize it. When reading text generated by AI, people feel it ...

In a city in which hundreds of languages are spoken, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene isn’t doing enough to reach residents who may have limited proficiency in English, ...