Two concepts—acquisition and learning—play key roles in the study of language. Although there are people who use the two terms interchangeably, in reality they embody two different processes in the ...

Learning another language is one of the deepest and most human things one can possibly do, writes Douglas Hofstadter.

This chapter provides a broad overview of the findings from research on bilingualism and second-language learning, including types of bilingualism, linguistic aspects of second-language acquisition, ...

Infants begin life with an intrinsic sensitivity to the acoustic and facial cues of language, rapidly specialising in the phonetic distinctions of their native tongue within the first year. Early ...

Learning a new language later in life can be a frustrating, almost paradoxical experience. On paper, our more mature and experienced adult brains should make learning easier, yet it is illiterate ...