Decisions about using more than one language in the family in one generation will affect generations to come, as research has shown. I also know this from personal experience. As my family and I ...

Types of Language Families: Language is the core tool humans use to share ideas, emotions, and culture. Linguists group individual languages into “families” based on shared ancestry, similar to a ...

The grandparent-grandchild relationship is a special one, and grandparents can support a family’s emotional health. When the pandemic first hit, the lack of physical contact was especially missed ...

New research shows that mothers have twice the impact on language exposure, challenging traditional parenting advice. The study found that instead of following the one-parent-one-language approach, in ...

Pt. I. Starting from Zero. 1. Miami : myaamiaataweenki oowaaha : 'Miami Spoken Here' / Daryl, Karen, Jessie, and Jarrid Baldwin -- 2. Wampanoag : How Did This Happen to my Language? / jessie little ...

The words different cultures use to describe family members have revealed some intriguing insights—including why in Balto-Slavic languages there is a complicated relationship between in-laws and ...