The writing process caused her to think about the language used in the care system, and about the children within it. On Word of Mouth, she joins Michael Rosen to talk about that language, from the ...

It isn’t just the government and social activists who are changing names. The Associated Press Stylebook says that instead of ...

Once the harshest insult, “bitch” has been reclaimed in feminism and pop culture. Learn how one word became both weapon and empowerment.

What happens when you listen to speech at a different speed? Neuroscientists thought that your brain may turn up its ...

Every Kindle works in multiple languages, and can download books in just about any tongue. Here’s how to take advantage.

I’m not trans at least, not like you think. That line stops a conversation in its tracks, but to others in the LGBTQ+ ...

Our ability to change our lives depends on realizing a fundamental insight: that life and reality are so much more than we think and believe.

Sarah writes: My husband shortens words. Groceries become “grosh,” uterus is “utes,” the Spanish word for sandals (chanclas) ...

Altman is right: AI is changing the way we talk, and the implications are profound.

Night after night, the buses pull up on the tarmac outside the Parris Island Marine Corps recruit training center in South Carolina. Usually, they are ...

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What is language, why do we use it, and how did it evolve? These are questions that language researchers are still working to answer. From a basic standpoint, a language is a shared system of symbols ...