The secret physics at the core of every syllable, starting with the first words we speak. Human language is an incredible thing: a combination of mouth sounds that we combine into words, sentences, ...

These "I" and "E" vowels are formed by putting your tongue forward in the mouth. That's why they're called "front" vowels. With these words, your tongue depresses and folds back a bit. So "O", "A" and ...

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Every elementary school student learns it early in their lives: A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y. Scott Zolak, however, was apparently absent on the day that was taught in his school, and he adamantly ...

When we hear a sentence, or a line of poetry, our brains automatically transform the stream of sound into a sequence of syllables. But scientists haven't been sure exactly how the brain does this. Now ...

Does [a:] as in 'baa' sound more green or more red? And is [i:] as in 'beet' light or dark in color? Even though we perceive speech and color are perceived with different sensory organs, nearly ...