Do speakers of different languages build sentence structure in the same way? In a neuroimaging study, scientists recorded the brain activity of participants listening to Dutch stories. In contrast to ...

Figure 1: Timing of syntactic processing following different strategies. The colored circles refer to the nodes of the syntactic structure that are built at the time point the word in the same color ...

Many Chinese learners struggle with word order (语序, yǔ xù) when they are trying to make sentences in Chinese. Even some advanced students make grammatical mistakes (语法错误, yǔ fǎ cuò wù) from time to ...

Mastering English grammar is crucial for effective communication, moving beyond rote memorization to evidence-based strategies. This article synthesizes linguistic research and practical experience, ...

“Avoid the passive voice” is a favorite maxim of writing teachers. But for young learners, exposure to passive construction—and other more complex sentences in spoken language—may help children ...