Learn how wild parrots follow language-like syntax and structured vocal rules during territorial duets.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

In a new article appearing in the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, led by Cory Shain and Hope Kean, explore how the human brain shows ...

We start our discussion of syntax and how we morph words into questions and stories. Grammar sometimes gets a bad reputation, but we're actually doing grammar all the time! And we're pretty good at it ...

The Greek term syntax means "arrange together." In written or spoken language, syntax refers to the grammatical rules that govern how we string words together in a ...