THERE have been a number of recent events that should easily catch the attention of (socio)linguistics students. In the ...

A long-time goal of the far right, the English-as-an-official-language movement is one of xenophobia and racism. That’s simply at the heart of it. It’s ignorance, too.

Late 1800s: English Only, but not unanimous. During the fall of 1878, more than a hundred people rode from all corners of the state on horses and horse-drawn buggies to California’s state ...

On Saturday, March 1, the president signed his latest executive order, naming English as the national language. It marks a first in the nearly 250-year history of the U.S. — a country where ...

Throughout its history, the United States never had an official language. That is, until President Trump signed an executive order last month, making it English.