The Scottish accent can be notoriously hard for other English speakers to understand, but what if that’s because it’s not actually English at all? Though closely related to English, Scots is ...

In line with the idea that certain sounds may coincide with particular emotions, researchers have found that words may ...

While merging Canada into the United States as the 51st state might make economic sense and could offer strategic military ...

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Writing teacher Michelle Petty has won the 2025 Braddock Award for her co-authored paper on Black linguistic justice.

Native American advocates worry election reforms in front of the Utah Legislature would continue a legacy of discrimination.

If you seek an introduction to opera, people often suggest Mozart’s last one, “Die Zauberflöte” (“The Magic Flute,” 1791).

In most cases, screenwriters aspire to write dialogue that sounds authentic. But it’s not easy – and often requires collaboration to get it right. Writers noted how they’ll adjust their dialogue based ...

However, relatively little attention has been paid to another key aspect that affects replicability: language. Across fields, language plays a central role in all steps of the research cycle and ...

The Sage of Baltimore, H.L. Mencken, is largely forgotten these days, but as a journalist, magazine writer, editor and critic ...