A new study challenges the idea that language stems from a single evolutionary root. Instead, it proposes that our ability to communicate evolved through the interaction of biology and culture, and ...

In today’s globalized digital era, media function as symbolic environments through which culture and society are more ...

Foreword / by A.L. Kroeber -- General introduction -- Orthographic note -- pt. I. The scope of linguistic anthropology -- pt. II. Equality, diversity, relativity -- pt. III. World view and grammatical ...

A new collection of research papers examines how humans conceptualize numbers and the numeral systems we’ve build around them ...

Emojis were created to convey thoughts more easily - but they seem more confusing than ever. Texting someone your age or older is fairly straightforward. Texting a teen on the other hand? We can ...