Pidgin evolved at the height of the slave trade in the 1700s and 1800s, to enable the buying and selling of millions of human ...

Fluency in a foreign language is often thought to be about speaking quickly and using advanced vocabulary. However, researchers from Waseda University reveal that speakers who use common, everyday ...

Founder Pranita Nayar reflects on ten years of creating bold new work with Mandala South Asian Performing Arts.

When you want to learn a new language, it is challenging for many reasons. Mulling over new vocabulary, grammar, and speech patterns is one thing, but gaining the confidence to practice speaking is ...

The English language has changed completely in the course of a thousand years, due to both historical events and language-internal processes. This course offers an introduction to the rich history of ...

Across its nearly 250-year history, the United States has never ... changed that when he signed an executive order designating English as the country’s sole official language.