Language

Emojis have become an integral part of postmodern dialogue, so it’s only natural that the cute and convenient images are sneaking into lawsuits. For example,…

The English-language internet was briefly set aflame this morning by reports that Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, had offered a “recording” of the May 10 meeting…

Manesar, India For 16 hours every day, a serpentine production line coiled inside a 600-acre facility in Manesar shapes and slots steel, rubber, and plastic…

For as long as there’s been media, politicians have decried its treatment of them. US president Donald Trump has taken it to a new level…

Television anchor Arnab Goswami knows how to grab attention. On the night of May 08, his newly-launched channel Republic TV came out guns blazing against…

Marine creatures may not seem like big talkers, but it turns out that humpback whale mothers have a secret language reserved only for their young,…

A new study shows that the words we use to talk about time also shape our view of its passage. This, say researchers, indicates that…

Moses McCormick has an unusual method for learning languages: Roaming the aisles of Walmart. The language coach lives in Columbus, Ohio, and as he shops…

Apple teased its Singapore customers yesterday by partially lifting the curtain on its long-rumored retail debut in the island state. It revealed its glass store-front,…

Few pieces of punctuation get people’s blood pumping like the Oxford comma. The serial comma, as it’s also known, comes before the coordinating conjunction (such…

There’s no escaping profanity, which is why dictionaries can’t be precious. Editors have to include slurs, curses, and other offensive words in linguistic compilations because…

The language of Afrikaans remains a contested issue in South Africa. The controversy over the medium of instruction at traditionally Afrikaans universities such as Stellenbosch…