Of the many words in Philippine English that made it to the Oxford English Dictionary, nothing has probably received as much ...

Maybe that’s wishful thinking. The simpler reason for all the W towns may lie in the use of “west.” It’s easy to think that ...

The mathematician Tai-Danae Bradley is using category theory to try to understand both human and AI-generated language.

As almost everyone knows, sequoia is the name given to a giant tree typical of California’s Sierra Nevada that can exceed one ...

We know that you’re a fluent speaker of English. Is it okay to say, “I’m not on talking terms with Sneha”? (Satyam Singh, ...

Malaysia’s colourful English stepped into the global linguistic spotlight after words like “alamak” and “tapau” found a home in the prestigious Oxford English Dictionary (OED). But how exactly do ...

Casagrande tackles the varied pronunciations of words that are considered accurate by linguists because, even if they sound ...

Kaminari hopes audiences will come out of their comfort zones by performing Japanese a cappella music during their 10th ...

The Dallas-raised singer recorded her Grammy-winning album "All Born Screaming" in Spanish to connect with fans in Mexico and ...

This ‘Total Immersion’ concert for the great composer and conductor was a timely reminder of the beauty and mystery of his music ...

meaning “God has given.” In its earliest English use, John took the form of Johan, which was said with two syllables, but, during the Middle English period (twelfth to fifteenth centuries ...

A nonnet is a nine-line poem that starts with a line of nine syllables and decreases by one syllable per ... Refine, adjust and revise until the form and meaning align. Eventually, as in physics, ...