Speech segmentation, determining where one word ends and the next begins in continuous speech, is necessary for auditory language processing. However, because there are few direct indices of this fast ...

Researchers Have Theories As To Why In A Nutshell The study tested made-up words, not actual profanity. Researchers created nonsense words using sound types that prior research has linked to curse ...

Does the word “quingel” make you giggle? How about “finglam? Or “rembrob?” Don’t worry about reaching for the dictionary. These are all nonsense words generated by a computer. But if you think they ...

“It is only in the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye,” the soft voice said, first in Spanish, then in Hungarian. Then the voice began to recite a series of ...

Non-reading baboons can learn to distinguish written real words from nonsense words. For example, the baboons could learn to recognize words such as done and vast and distinguish them from nonsense ...

A combined brain-scanning and behavior study has explored dyslexia in 7 & 8-year-old children learning how to read. Dyslexic youngsters were shown to have different activation in the left hemisphere ...

A swear word is like a linguistic punch in the nose. Virtually every language and culture has them—and virtually every language and culture formally disapproves of them. But that doesn’t stop them ...

Rising numbers of schools are introducing children to nonsense words such as "voo", "spron" and "terg" as part of a drive towards back-to-basics reading methods, it has emerged. Schools are teaching ...

Nonsense poetry does not always make sense. Poets will use made-up words alongside real words, and talk about made-up things like imaginary creatures. It’s lots of fun to read and is usually very ...