Accents in written French aren't just weird squiggles that can be ignored - they give you vital clues on the word's pronunciation and sometimes even change its meaning. It can seem unfair, when in a ...

Lyndsey Nickels receives funding from the Australian Research Council. In the past few days, a great deal of media attention has been paid to Leanne Rowe, a Tasmanian woman who has lived eight years ...

LONDON—A woman from a village in southwestern England says that a severe migraine attack left her speaking with what sounds like a French accent — a striking example of a rare syndrome that ...

In 2011-12 Damien Hall received funding from the Leverhulme Trust for a project on French linguistics; however, the research reported here predates that funding. When a society changes, its language ...