The brain distinguishes between vowels and consonants differently, according to new research. Neuronal mechanisms change when they are processed and, when it comes to lexical access; both have a ...

Most three-year-olds can count, some may know the alphabet and the words to their favourite song. But it is a rare occurrence when a three-year-old child knows their times tables, the Greek alphabet ...

When we speak, our sentences emerge as a flowing stream of sound. Unless we are really annoyed, We. Don’t. Speak. One. Word. At. A. Time. But this property of speech is not how language itself is ...

A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y. You might have learned it as a chant, a song, or a simple declaration, but this is how you learned the vowels of English. You may have wondered, why is Y so unsure of ...