linguistics

A bilingual woman was dragged by her boyfriend when he discovered that she spoke Spanish—but should she have told him sooner?

The list was initially meant for a particular department but has gone public for its wide array of language deemed harmful.

For centuries, Russian dominated Ukrainian culture. Now, recent Kyiv legislation—criticized by some commentators—and Ukrainian influencers are seeking change.

The team analyzed the language used in propaganda between 1927 and 1945 to understand how Nazis dehumanized Jews.

New research shows that orcas are amazingly good at imitating human speech.

It's easier to lie when you're not speaking your native language.

The name confusion tells a story of two nations divided by a common language.

A forensic linguist figured out a way to identify someone, thanks to a study using a database of Enron emails.

We see bars in foreign countries in your future.

Toddlers pay attention to the tool—for several minutes at a time.

That goofy way you talk to your baby actually has a very important purpose.

New research may challenge what we thought we knew about the evolution of language, suggesting that grammar evolves faster than the lexicon.

The thousands of languages spoken around the world are unevenly spread—researchers have a theory about why far more are spoken in tropical regions of the world.

From Elvish languages of the Middle Earth to Dothraki, fantasy languages are alive and well.

Choosey moms choose GIF—with a hard G.

Is it 'on fleek' to be 'snatched' or is 'snatched' the new 'on fleek'? Facebook's new software is aiming to find out.

Using Hinglish is not a choice. Speakers cannot speak monolingual Hindi or monolingual English.

Factors like tree cover, temperature and the rugged terrain shaped how different our languages sound, according to new research.

American schools don't suck because of STEM classes; they suck because nobody learns how to write.

The maths department at Manchester University is flooded with entrants for its code-breaking competition

Researchers discovered urbanites from cities across the globe sound closer to each other than to their rural cousins at home