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Neanderthals may have talked

gwinna wrote in anthropologist Oct 18, 2007 17:44

LONDON (Reuters) - Neanderthals, often portrayed as grunting, club-carrying brutes, may have been capable of sophisticated speech, researchers said on Thursday ( Read more... )

biology, neanderthals, speech

Language link to 'bubble blowing'

sophiedb wrote in anthropologist Jun 23, 2006 09:15

Infants who can blow bubbles and lick their lips are more likely to pick up language quickly, research suggests ( Read more... )

infants, speech, languages, learning, motor skills

That Wisconsin accent ... or is it an eccent?

malkin767 wrote in anthropologist Mar 22, 2006 17:43

By MARK JOHNSON markjohnson@journalsentinel.com ( Read more... )

wisconsin, accents, speech, dialects, languages, linguistics