Language is commonly understood as the instrument of thought. People “talk it out” and “speak their mind,” follow “trains of thought” or “streams of consciousness.” Some of the pinnacles of human ...

Making linguistic errors can be embarrassing. Source: Vika_Glitter / Pixabay This has been a record year for Americans taking vacations and making trips abroad. But as many travelers learn, ...

Boris Vazquez-Calvo is principal investigator of two funded research projects: (1) SEGUE: Social Media and Video Games in language learning and teaching of student teachers (ref.: B1-2021_33, ...

One morning in December 2004, elders and children were wandering on the shore of Strait Island in the Bay of Bengal when one of them noticed something odd. The sea level was low, and weird-looking ...

There’s a crisis unfolding in the field of linguistics: Global language experts estimate that, without intervention, about one language will be lost every month for the next 40 years. A study ...

AI tools like ChatGPT are revolutionizing language learning, enabling users to master new language basics in just 30 days. A viral X post by Chidanand Tripathi outlines eight expert prompts that ...

Although no one ever taught it to you, odds are that if you solve a lot of crossword puzzles, you’re fluent in the grammar of crosswords. Most crossword enthusiasts could explain that nouns clue nouns ...

The victory of Kim de l’Horizon, a nonbinary writer, in a top literary prize stirred a debate about how the German language can accommodate people who don’t identify as male or female. By Thomas ...