Speaking a second or even a third language can bring obvious advantages, but occasionally the words, grammar and even accents can get mixed up. This can reveal surprising things about how our brains ...

Did you know speaking more than one language can help you age better? A new book released this week explores the research around multilingualism. How does speaking multiple languages affect the mind?

In a dream the other night, I was back in Beijing, at the entrance of my family’s apartment complex, where a public telephone, a black rotary, had once been guarded by the old women from the ...

Most people in the world speak more than one language, suggesting the human brain evolved to work in multiple tongues. If so, asks Gaia Vince, are those of us who speak only one language missing out?

The languages we speak can have a surprising impact on the way we think about the world and even how we move through it. If you were asked to walk diagonally across a field, would you know what to do?

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, ...

One morning in early fall Andrei Mongush and his parents began preparations for supper, selecting a black-faced, fat-tailed sheep from their flock and rolling it onto its back on a tarp outside their ...

When she was younger, Anastasia Patricks would often sit down and watch dramas to relax – she didn’t expect to be called on to make a change. After watching the Japanese drama Orange Days, in which a ...

The BJP has continued to push Hindi as the ‘one’ language of India since it came to power in 2014 Shutterstock They do not give up easily. The Bharatiya Janata Party led by Narendra Modi has taken on ...