Damn, the English language. I’ve heard – though, I’m no linguist – that English is one of the most difficult languages to learn, or, for that matter, to write. We struggle with it on a daily basis at ...

For certain nerdy types (you know the ones), language books make great gifts. Unlike mysteries and memoirs that are quickly devoured in e-book form — then forgotten — informative, fun grammar and ...

Linguist, influencer and author Adam Aleksic explored the effects of technology on modern-day language at a talk titled “Are We Cooked?,” hosted by the Northwestern University Linguistics Student ...

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Do you ever get that overwhelming sense that you've done or seen or read something before? I surely do. And it hit me hard earlier this week when I stumbled across a story about indigenous-language ...

A group of volunteers is attempting to bring the language of Latin back to the masses, by offering translated captions of Nasa’s photos of Mars in the wording favored by historians, posh people and ...

Nerdiness might not be just a matter of pocket protectors and bad clothes. Mary Bucholtz, a professor of linguistics, suggests that race and language are a key way of dividing the "nerds" from the ...

We dorks flock to controversies like moths to a flame. As a diligent internet game worker, last month I read about Doritos and their Gates, fake geek girl backlash, sexism in games, ethics in ...