From corporate buzzwords to social media slang, these overused expressions have worn out their welcome. How many on the list ...

By refusing to capitulate on "globalize the intifada," Mamdani rejected a long tradition of demonizing Arabic language.

When learning a second language (L2), many are likely familiar with the challenge of memorizing vocabulary, only to struggle ...

Some people still see English as a marker of privilege. Some see it as a barrier. But when you try to shame people for ...

Prosenjit Chatterjee has addressed the backlash which erupted after he asked a journalist why was he addressing him in ...

The magazine Nunavik Voices won an international plain language award for publishing in English, Inuktitut and French.

This International Mother Language Day (Feb. 21), Canadians celebrated their multilingual heritage by recognizing flexible uses of languages. According to UNESCO, “Mother tongue or mother language ...

The police officer behind Boniface Kariuki Mwangi's shooting, Klinzy Barasa Masinde, will be hoping for the best after ...

Critics accused Trump of being ignorant and offensive after he appeared surprised to hear the President of Liberia speak English well—despite English being the African nation’s official language.

From Louisville to Versailles, the French influence still echoes in the names of Kentucky cities and counties today.

In other words, we use pre- as shorthand for context that doesn’t need to be articulated because it’s automatically understood; it’s part of the definition of the pre- word.

Moving away from judgemental language was essential in tackling HIV stigma. Greg Hurst argues we need a similar shift in the ...