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Could Chomsky have foreseen where his contributions would lead us?
Your brain processes letters, words, sounds, semantics and grammar at breakneck speed.
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Most people can draw from tens of thousands of words in their memory within milliseconds. Studying this process can improve language disorder treatment and appreciation of the gift of communication.
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American scientists have used brain scans and machine learning to reconstruct the meaning of stories that people hear, see, or even imagine.
There are a million different ways to be bilingual.
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Experts disagree on what makes someone truly bilingual, and how the human brain accesses multiple languages.
Words shed light on our world.
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Different languages have different ways of describing the world – and this in turn affects how speakers see the world.