📚 New research reveals that iconic gestures from ideophones (like "wan-wan" for a dog bark) are transmitted accurately across generations, with handshapes becoming more systematic over time. Read more: #Iconicity

🔊 Why do words like "buzz" or "splash" feel so vivid? 🤔 Thompson & Do’s new study explores ideophones—words that echo sensory experiences—using an articulation-based twist! 📚✨.#iconicity #ideophones #phonosemantics.Read more:

🔍 📚 Review of post-2012 research shows substantive bias, favoring phonetically natural patterns, is key in #PhonologyLearning. From vowel harmony to stress, learners prefer what's natural🧠.Read more: #learningbias #phonetics #phonology #substantivebias

📜New study reveals kids master language patterns in unique ways! .😄Morphosyntactic cues outshine phonological ones for generalization. #LanguageLearning #ChildDevelopment .Read more:

📜 How do we learn new dialects? .🤔 A study with Mandarin speakers and artificial dialects shows we prefer distinct sounds when mappings get complex and differences are clear. 📚 #LanguageLearning.Read more:

🔍🔍How do bilinguals process words like "unkindness"? .🌐Study tests Shallow Structure Hypothesis for L2 learners! .😊Highlights L2 challenges, urging tailored teaching!.#LanguageLearning #Bilingualism #Linguistics #SSH #Morphology.Read more:

🧠 When learning language sounds, people lean toward "easy-to-say" patterns (like vowel harmony) only when the input’s a bit messy (variable training). 🔑 Takeaway: Chaos in learning might boost natural language skills!.📚 Read more:

🔍 New Insights on Korean Accent Classes! .🇰🇷Ever wondered how language evolves? .A study dives into South Kyengsang Korean, revealing how accent patterns have shifted over time. 📚✨Curious about language change?.Read more:

🔍 Mandarin & Cantonese speakers favor right-dominant tone deletions. 📚It’s likely tied to phonetic factors, like how syllables carry tones!.🧠 This shows our brains lean toward simple, phonetically grounded patterns. Read more:

🔍 New Research on Mandarin ABB Words! .🇨🇳ABB words like wū-māngmāng (雾茫茫 'completely foggy') are vivid & iconic in Mandarin! 🎨✨.🔑 Prototypical ABB words shine with frequent use🌟.Curious?.Read more: #Linguistics #Mandarin #Iconicity

👀 Did you know lip movements affect how we hear vowels? .📜Research on the Northern Cities Vowel Shift shows visual cues can shape perception and even drive sound change! #Linguistics #Phonetics #SoundChange.Read more:

🧠 Bilinguals shine in multitasking & language learning, even when patterns clash! #Bilinguals .😃The study suggests that bilingual benefits in language learning are not tied to specific languages but reflect a broad cognitive advantage. Read more:

✨Kids naturally tweak language! .🐣Cantonese preschoolers favor phonetic harmony even in "unnatural" setups. Could this shape sound changes? .#Phonology #LanguageLearning #ChildLanguage.Read more:

😀Bilinguals share syntax across languages, even with different word orders! .📍Syntactic priming in bilinguals is driven by abstract, shared syntactic representations rather than word order or morphological similarities. ✨Read more:

🌍 This research shows our physical experiences shape language. 🔔For instance, the /ŋ/ in 'ding dong' mimics the echo of a bell.#LanguageScience #Iconicity.

📍Ever wondered why words sound the way they do? .🤔 A new study reveals that the way we articulate sounds in words like 'woof' or 'vroom' is linked to their meanings across 13 languages! .🧠 Check out the study for more:

Key insights:.📍Segments & tones both count, but their roles shift with word length. 📍Onset consonants dominate similarity judgments. 📍Tonal representation matters for accurate models.

🔍 New study dives into phonological distance in tone languages like Cantonese! .🔗 Read more: #Phonology #Linguistics #ToneLanguages

🎶 Words that sound like their meaning? .😊Participants guessed ideophones best for sound & texture, but memory treats them like adjectives. #Ideophone #2AFC #Memorytask #Iconicity #Soundsymbolism."Read more:

🚩Findings suggest the way we break down complex words isn't random. Our brains rely on their internal structure, making language processing efficient and structured .✏️Grammatical structure plays a key role in word recognition.Read more: [