Words with a pleasant sound are easier to remember, a study by the University of Vienna has found. Invented words like "clisious", "smanious" and "drikious" were presented to around 100 ...

Scientists created fake words to test if sound affects memory. Result: people remembered pleasant-sounding words twice as ...

Which words do we find beautiful? And do beautifully sounding words stick better in memory? A new study led by linguist ...

Scientists reveal why certain word sounds feel pleasant and stick in memory, uncovering a deep link between phonemes, beauty, ...

English is a quirky, often confusing language that's been shaped and influenced by many others. As such, it has a massive variety of words—but here are some we think rise above the crowd and deserve ...

Back in 2021, TikToker the ‘Language Simp’ shared a video demonstrating what it sounds like to those who don’t speak it — and the viral clip has since resurfaced. In it, the language enthusiast with a ...

THE first necessity, the first law, of all language is clearness. Aristotle and common sense tell us this. Clearness is a fundamental requirement in the expression of thought. “ If the foundations be ...

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 ...