Cognitive Linguistics

Echolalia: The Function of Repetition

Echolalia, the involuntary repetition of another person's words, has long been misunderstood as a barrier to communication. However, through the…

5 days ago

A Measure for Everything: How Mandarin Categorizes the World

In Mandarin Chinese, you cannot simply say "three books"—grammatical rules force speakers to categorize the world through specific classifiers based…

5 days ago

Ambigrams: When Art Meets Typography

Explore the fascinating intersection of cognitive science and typography through ambigrams—words designed to be read from multiple orientations. This post…

6 days ago

Subitizing: Counting Without Words

Humans possess an innate ability called "subitizing", which allows us to instantly recognize quantities up to four without counting. This…

1 week ago

Corvid Communication: Do Crows Have Dialects?

Recent studies into corvid behavior reveal that crows not only possess regional dialects similar to human accents but can also…

1 week ago

The Dad Who Taped 90,000 Hours of Baby Talk

What if you could record every moment of your child's life to understand how they learn to talk? MIT researcher…

2 months ago

Language and Spatial Cognition

Your native language does more than just give you words for "left" and "right"; its very grammar shapes how you…

2 months ago

Logophoricity: The Grammar of Point of View

How do we know who "he" is in the sentence "John said he was tired"? While English leaves it ambiguous,…

3 months ago

One Slice, One Loaf: The Logic of Measure Words

Ever wondered why you can't say "one rice" in English or "one bread" in Chinese? This post dives into the…

3 months ago

The Two ‘Haves’ of Irish: Possession as a State

Unlike English, the Irish language doesn't have a single verb for "to have." Instead, to say "I have a book",…

3 months ago

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