The advantage of ambiguity
Cognitive scientists develop a new take on an old problem: why human language has so many words with multiple meanings.
Joseph Aoun PhD ’82, president of Northeastern University, receives Muh Alumni Award
Biennial award honors MIT alumni achievements in humanities, arts and social sciences.
In the World: Murmurs of Mayan
MIT undergraduate travels to Mexico in hopes of documenting and preserving ancient linguistic phenomena — and the culture behind them.
Democracy inaction
In ‘Ideas Matter’ lecture, Noam Chomsky criticizes fellow intellectuals for their conformity.
New Artificial Intelligence Hall of Fame inducts four MIT professors
IEEE Computer Society magazine honors AI pioneers in inaugural Hall of Fame.
A champion of Creole
Linguist Michel DeGraff is on a quest to give Haitian Creole its due as a respected language — and to help Haitian schoolchildren learn in their native tongue.
Of minds and machines
Final installment of MIT’s 150th anniversary symposia explores intelligence — both human and artificial.
Looking beyond English
MIT professor uses linguistics in an ESL classroom to teach scientific principles, empower a new generation of critical thinkers.
Martin Hackl's Experimental Syntax and Semantics Lab generates knowledge about meaning formation
Role of linguistic form stronger than previously realized.
Ask a linguist: Q&A with David Pesetsky
Professor, AAAS fellow discusses 'Universal Grammar,' relationship between language and music
