Unlocking the Universe of Languages
Ever wonder how linguists estimate when languages like Spanish and French split from their common ancestor? The answer lies in a controversial method called glottochronology, which acts like a "carbon…
What if the ability to say "if" was a prerequisite for science itself? This post explores how counterfactuals and the subjunctive mood—the grammar of hypothetical worlds—provided the cognitive toolkit necessary…
In 1958, a fictional bird called a "wug" helped solve one of the biggest mysteries of the human mind: how children learn language. The groundbreaking "Wug Test" revealed that kids…