If our minds do shape the evolution of language, ... (diagram above), both Austronesian and Indo-European languages that linked prepositions and object-verb structures ...

Languages change and evolve in rapid bursts rather than in a steady pattern. New research investigates thousands of years of language evolution, and looks at the way in which languages split and ...

Lantz’s diagram is also fascinating in that it beautifully illustrates how cultural injections influence the evolution of language. For English, this ranged from the Viking and Norman invasions ...

The languages cluster around certain common features, but the words are all strikingly similar, especially when you consider the words for two in languages outside the Indo-European family: iki ...

Understanding language may seem like a uniquely human trait -- but new research suggests otherwise. Skip to main content. SECURITY. POLITICS. THE BIG STORY. BUSINESS. SCIENCE. CULTURE. REVIEWS ...