http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Animals are more eloquent than previously assumed. Even the monosyllabic call of the banded mongoose is structured and thus comparable with the vowel and consonant system of human speech. Behavioral biologists from the University of Zurich have thus become the first to demonstrate that animals communicate with even smaller sound units than syllables. http://phys.org/news277038711.html Biology Thu, 10 Jan 2013 11:12:06 EST news277038711 In an attempt to replicate the early experiences of infants, researchers in England have created a robot that can learn simple words in minutes just by having a conversation with a human. http://phys.org/news259047480.html Electronics Sat, 16 Jun 2012 07:40:01 EST news259047480 (PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent study published in Nature Neuroscience, researchers from the University of Kyoto in Japan have discovered that the tweets of Bengalese finches follow a set of grammatical patterns and rules. http://phys.org/news228451282.html Biology Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:00:01 EST news228451282 When we speak, our enunciation and pronunciation of words and syllables fluctuates and varies from person to person. Given this, how do infants decode all of the spoken sounds they hear to learn words and meanings? http://phys.org/news224935448.html Other Sciences Wed, 18 May 2011 11:04:32 EST news224935448 (PhysOrg.com) -- Communication is a vital part of any task that has to be done by more than one individual. That is why humans in every corner of the world have created their own complex languages that help us share the goal. As it turns out, we are not alone in that need, or in our ability to create a language of our own. http://phys.org/news224861383.html Electronics Tue, 17 May 2011 15:20:03 EST news224861383 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London have discovered our motor system activates automatically when we hear speech. These findings could, in the future, play a central role in helping to unravel various language difficulties seen in adults and children. http://phys.org/news180724460.html Medicine & Health Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:16:14 EST news180724460 Humans use their whole bodies, not just their ears, to understand speech, according to University of British Columbia linguistics research. http://phys.org/news178803034.html Medicine & Health Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:31:11 EST news178803034 In the great green room, there was a telephone, and a red balloon, and a picture of…" http://phys.org/news157310653.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:24:57 EST news157310653