Developmental language disorder (DLD) affects about eight per cent of children globally, severely impairing their ability to learn, use, and understand spoken language. Diagnosing DLD in multilingual ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Six-year-old Antoni, born in the UK to Polish parents, speaks only a few English words in class and often looks confused when the teacher gives instructions. He could simply be adjusting to English—or ...

Charlotte Entwistle has received funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Leverhulme Trust. Is it possible to spot personality dysfunction from someone’s ...

Is it possible to spot personality dysfunction from someone's everyday word use? My colleagues and I have conducted research that suggests you can, and often sooner than you might expect. Whether in a ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since ...

Armstrong Williams (November 15: “When politicians call opponents evil, democracy pays the price”) expresses self-righteous indignation at Nancy Pelosi for a derisive comment she made about Donald ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence ...

Screening tools for developmental language disorder show insufficient sensitivity before age 2, while tools administered at age 2.5 demonstrate acceptable predictive performance. These findings may ...

In the wake of the tragic assassination of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, the Trump administration has attempted to crack down on what they consider to be “hate speech.” How the administration ...

Margot I. Cerbone ’28, a Crimson Editorial editor, lives in Mather House. Harvard students don’t know how to talk to each other. Countless surveys, speeches, and reports all come to the same ...