based on existing words in different languages.) The participants were “significantly less likely” to select the words with approximants when asked to identify swear words, McKay and Lev-Ari ...

Lazic says his love for the Albanian language began with music. "I remember that in high school I listened to some songs and I didn't understand a single word, [but] I liked that positive energy ...

While different languages may have different swear words, they tend to all lack similar sounds, new research suggests. Sounds such as I, r, and w are missing from a range of swear words across five ...

But there's one word that appears to have a "universal" meaning across many different languages. Say it, and you will likely be understood despite language barriers, prompting linguists to ...

You might think nouns are the most straightforward part of language. After all, they’re just words for people ... Five rocks fell uses a different verb form from five men fell, even though ...

is a “universal word,” the first studied by modern linguists. Dingemanse’s team analyzed recordings of people speaking ten different languages, including Spanish, Chinese and Icelandic ...