While commenting on the gatekeeping of the English language, Bruce Gilley, in his essay “Guarding the Gates of Our Language,” argues that once a culture loses control over its language, everything ...
Across Europe, North America, and beyond, many learners are heritage speakers or descendants of Arabic-speaking families. Their motivation is deeply personal: connecting with grandparents, ...
From Blubberhouses to Crackpot and Fryup to Sexhow, North Yorkshire is a festival of funny place names, with many a hamlet ...
NEW ULM — On Sunday, 18 participants gathered at the German-Bohemian Heritage Society rooms on the third floor of the Grand ...
Did you know that English used to be viewed as a language for everyday people? For a long time, scholars preferred to write ...
Language feels simple when we use it. We talk, we text, we listen, and words seem to appear naturally from thought. But the study of linguistics tells a more complicated story, one where language ...
Many English speakers assume that traveling to another English-speaking country means communication will be effortless. In ...
By the end of my life, there may be no one left who speaks like my father outside the hollers and the one-horse towns.
Don't speak perfect Oxford English? You may face "shocking" levels of discrimination when using large language models, researchers have found. New customized AI models could be the answer. Whether ...
The Jutes, one of the early Germanic tribes, played a significant yet often overshadowed role in the migration period that reshaped Europe and laid the foundations for medieval England. They, along ...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday called on Congress to make English the official language of America, after singer-songwriter Bad Bunny urged the country to learn Spanish before he ...