Wild chimpanzees alter the meaning of single calls when embedding them into diverse call combinations, mirroring linguistic operations in human language. Human language, however, allows an infinite ...

For Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy to huff that his department “will always put America’s truck drivers first” — as if people like my dad somehow don’t belong to that group — is hateful and ...

The language barrier has helped maintain an air of unreality around the papacy in the U.S. That is about to change.

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The American-born pontiff, a Chicago native, speaks Spanish, Italian, French and Portuguese. He also reads Latin and German.

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The 69-year-old new pope, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was elected the first pope from the United States on ...

An executive order from President Trump will require truckers to speak and read English. Here's how it will impact the ...

Arrest of Margaret Mary Kennedy Rafferty raises questions about accent bias, social status, and why English tones were ...

Language can offer subtle clues about a person's background and experiences. While not definitive or universally applicable, ...

Kevin De Bruyne has voiced his frustrations over a lack of empathy from the Manchester City board in contract talks and ...

Does knowing a language mean knowing a lot of words, or how to speak it properly? The answer largely depends on your goals.