1+ week, 6+ day ago   (709+ words) Globally, people currently use roughly 7,500 languages, with English, Mandarin Chinese, Hindi, Spanish, Arabic and French the most common, counting native and non-native speakers. That is a lot of languages. But it is a far cry from the peak number historically....

16+ hour, 1+ min ago   (36+ words) What if I told you that the urge to uncover a secret and dig for the truth is simply human nature? Yesterday, I had the chance — or, to be specific, was coaxed — to …...

19+ hour, 5+ min ago   (398+ words) Humanity has lived with language for far longer than it has possessed writing, hamlets, cities or …...

1+ day, 24+ min ago   (329+ words) Through the detailed investigation of the syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of one grammatical construction, that containing the conjunction let alone, we explore the view that the realm of idiomaticity in a language includes a great deal that is productive, highly…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (538+ words) My wife argues that my columns often require a great deal of editing, suggesting my East Coast dialect is often apparent. She points, in particular, to what she considers my appalling spelling and inexcusable articulation. We’ve spent over half our…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (382+ words) Take a wild ride through the evolution of the English language. The English language is about 1500 years old, but that doesn’t mean you could go back to 500 A.D. and converse with someone in England. In fact, you might as well…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (475+ words) Head-Marking and Dependent-Marking Grammar Cambridge University Press & Assessment Head-Marking and Dependent-Marking Grammar Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 March 2026 Morphological marking of grammatical relations may appear on either the head or the dependent member of the constituent (or on both,…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1173+ words) By Jaycee Gudoy | Published 24 seconds ago Language erasure has been one of history’s most systematic tools of cultural control. Governments have banned languages in schools, prohibited their use in courts and government, punished speakers with physical violence, and constructed elaborate…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (365+ words) It's now the language of choice for communication between people who speak different native tongues. The pairs of drivers who changed throughout the journey addressed travelers in English. At every service station, café, and restaurant, staff greeted international customers in…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (242+ words) University of Elbasan professor Albert Riska has passed away. The news was announced by the University of Elbasan, which expresses its condolences to the family, relatives, colleagues, students and all those who knew the professor. Albert Riska had a long…...