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Silence is the language of God, all else is poor translation. —Rumi Source: Pixabay Time heaved a gentle sigh as the wind swept through the willows. Communication does not require language, and many ...

We all take language for granted, yet we rely upon it throughout our lives in order to perform a range of functions. Imagine how you would accomplish all the things you might do, even in a single day, ...

The idea that we have brains hardwired with a mental template for learning grammar—famously espoused by Noam Chomsky of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—has dominated linguistics for almost ...