Researchers have asked why infants learn new nouns more rapidly than new verbs, with many researchers asserting that the early noun-advantage is a universal feature of human language.

When learning a language, people typically focus on nouns and adjectives first. But verbs are the real key.

This convention accounts for the meaning and acceptability of innovative verbs in various contexts; similar conventions may be needed to account for other innovative uses of language. Language, a ...

Writers and language geeks inherit a ranking system of sorts: verbs good, adjectives bad, nouns sadly unavoidable. Verbs are action, verve! “I ate the day / Deliberately, that its tang / Might ...

The East Asian Languages and Cultures department at Connecticut College offers you a unique opportunity to study and immerse yourself in East Asia and to become the kind of educated, global citizen on ...