We all take language for granted, yet we rely upon it throughout our lives in order to perform a range of functions. Imagine how you would accomplish all the things you might do, even in a single day, ...

We all take language for granted, yet we rely upon it throughout our lives in order to perform a range of functions. Imagine how you would accomplish all the things you might do, even in a single day, ...

(Based on a speech delivered at the BCIS Language Awards Ceremony 2023) The Bandaranaike Center for International Studies (BCIS) has been offering language-teaching programmes alongside its ...

New research suggests the underlying function of 'next-word prediction' computational models closely resembles the function of language-processing centers in the human brain. In the past few years, ...

Language is one of the things that characterize human existence, but there is debate about its function: whether it is a 'tool for thinking' or a 'tool for communication.' In a paper published in the ...

Book One: The functions of language -- Foreword: Red-Eye and the woman problem: A semantic parable -- 1. Language and survival -- What animals shall we imitate? -- Cooperation -- The pooling of ...