Everett pulls off a masterly linguistic confection, in which enslaved people use Black English only as a wary affectation.

Josephine Chau But Chau's attitude to language learning is at odds with dominant attitudes in Australia, where speaking English is considered sufficient and multilingualism — the ability to ...

English, with about a third of its words rooted in French, is a prime example of how language transforms based on society.

The shift towards homeschooling has been gaining momentum, driven by changing perceptions of education, technological ...

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 ...

A new study links a particular gene to the origins of spoken language, proposing that a protein variant found only in humans may have helped us develop speech.

Explore the history of the BBC since its foundation in 1922 to the present day Explore more than 100 years of the BBC’s history – click on our interactive timeline or investigate a topical ...

Graduate programmes at LSE are demanding and you will need to demonstrate that you have a high level of English language proficiency before you embark on your studies. Your answers to the relevant ...

Today's object: Mummy of Hornedjitef British Museum Mummy and coffins of a priest who lived over 1,000 years after Tutankhamun and Ramesses the Great. Weekly theme: Making us human Looking at the ...

Body language is a silent orchestra, as people constantly give clues to what they’re thinking and feeling. Non-verbal messages including body movements, facial expressions, vocal tone and volume ...