How did language begin? Words don't leave artifacts behind — writing began long after language did — so theories of language origins have generally been based on hunches. For centuries there had been ...

Nearly 7,000 different languages are spoken across the world. But how these languages evolved has long been a source of debate. Now, a group of German researchers has uncovered exactly how language ...

Fuzzy automata extend traditional automata theory by incorporating the principles of fuzzy logic to address uncertainty in computational processes. Unlike classical automata, where transitions are ...

Second language acquisition theories and models over the past 10 years have focused primarily on learner variables, long-term language storage, and retrieval for production. This article presents a ...