A massive new analysis of over 1,700 languages shows that some long-debated “universal” grammar rules are actually real. By ...
Dependency linguistics examines the relationships between words in a sentence, focussing on how syntactic structure is determined by directed links—dependencies—between a head and its dependents. This ...
Learn how early human language relied on simple verb-noun combinations, and how these structures still survive today as clues ...
An AI model trained on dozens of hours of real-world conversation accurately predicts human brain activity and shows that features of language structure emerge without being coded in. When you ...
Humpback whale song is a striking example of a complex, culturally transmitted behavior, but up to now, there was little evidence it has language-like structure. Human language, which is also ...
The performance of natural language models such as ChatGPT is deeply impressive. The performance of another one of these models, the one called "human,"is at least as impressive. The human model ...
Overview AI language is structured and consistent, while human English thrives on variation, emotion, and personal ...