English is one of the most popular languages in the world. About 2 billion people speak it but how deeply has it really made its way into cultures around the world?

Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is a popular long word that humorously refers to the fear of long words. Famous more for ...

Researchers demonstrate that misleading text in the real-world environment can hijack the decision-making of embodied AI ...

Imagine Max, a well-trained border collie, manages to ignore a squirrel in the park when his owner tells him to sit. His ...

T hree years ago, I served on an external review committee for the English department at Montclair State University, in New ...

Think country music is all about tailgates and pickups? The data tells a different story, and it’s way more heartfelt than ...

In this installment of NPR's "Word of the Week" series we trace the origins of the "cravat" (borrowed from the French ...

Six-year-old Antoni, born in the UK to Polish parents, speaks only a few English words in class and often looks confused when ...

A new study explores how human-like language shapes the way we talk about artificial intelligence. Think, know, understand, remember. These are the kinds of mental verbs people use every day to ...

The Oxford English Dictionary traces possible origins to Old High German “halâ,” a cry used to hail a ferryman, and to “halloo,” a hunting call urging hounds forward ...

Dr. Anastasia Riehl is leading the effort to craft the first new Canadian English dictionary in decades, an update that ...

When you start using these words intentionally, motivation in life starts feeling sustainable — something you return to even ...