When we use language, it seems so easy to understand what other people are saying that it is hard to appreciate the complexity of the act of carrying on a conversation. Obviously, we miscommunicate at ...

Bilingual and second language learners often encounter challenges when interpreting sentences with multiple possible meanings or structures. Research shows that their comprehension is shaped by ...

Cognitive scientists develop a new take on an old problem: Why human language has so many words with multiple meanings. Cognitive scientists develop a new take on an old problem: why human language ...

Ambiguous speech production is a common challenge for learners of a second language (L2), but identifying whether the problem lies in pronunciation or deeper linguistic processing is not always ...

If you’re one of the 2.4 million Twitter followers of the Hamilton impresario Lin-Manuel Miranda, you’ve come to expect a delightful stream of observations, including tweets capturing conversations ...

In my opinion, ambiguity can indeed lead to misunderstandings. When communication is unclear or open to multiple interpretations, it increases the chances of misinterpreting the intended meaning or ...