Sign language is a natural way to help communication in the first year or so of life.
Pedro C. Moreno | Posted 05.08.2012
I would rather call myself an American. But if you press me, if you really want me to adopt a label, for the sake of equality and freedom I will tell you: I am white.
The Minnesota Daily | Posted 04.26.2012
Learning about new and exciting cultures directly from the ones who live in it is one of my favorite facets of learning a new language. But taking a foreign language also offers a great opportunity to improve even in unrelated areas.
John Brown | Posted 04.21.2012
"Like" is not only America's number one verb, it's, like, its most humongous verbal tic in our, like, most, like, likeable land.
Meg Hemphill | Posted 04.10.2012
When did it become okay to call a main course an entrée? You don't need to be a French speaker to translate the word -- it means entrance, as in entry into a meal. But for some reason, chefs are calling main courses entrées.
Jennifer Hamady | Posted 04.09.2012
Trademarks are becoming as common as commas, yet with a far greater impact than overused punctuation. While the legal lockdown of conversational language is progressing, the copyright law and rights are being thoroughly challenged.
Barbara Greenberg | Posted 04.02.2012
Our over-emphasis on our children's feelings may have contributed to a current generation of teens who are too emotionally generous with their feelings and overshare personal details.
Justin Strawhand | Posted 05.26.2012
What of legacy? Did the violent effects of eugenically-charged language die with the discrediting of the eugenics movement, or do they continue, protected by the shroud of historical forgetfulness? There are hints.
Craig Werner | Posted 05.22.2012
Bruce Springsteen's music speaks of how to find the real American Dream -- freedom -- within a "runaway" one abounding with war, poverty, mindless media, you name it.
Seth Jaret | Posted 05.21.2012
Hollywood has a vernacular all its own. Among the town's most popular pieces of parlance is "I don't disagree." But is it an affirmation worth a damn or is it just another equivocation on the road to development hell?
Sydney Levin | Posted 05.19.2012
Are Freudian slips deeply personal puzzles to be solved, or do they simply come down to sound and meaning?
Carine Fabius | Posted 05.14.2012
Some of the world's greatest authors couldn't spell, and would still be banging their heads against that cabinet full of unpublished manuscripts if not for their life-saving editor.
Zoë Triska | Posted 05.12.2012
Don't you feel like the word 'literally' is literally overused? People just like to throw it in there to give their sentences pizazz. Also, many people don't seem to know the difference between 'literally' and 'figuratively' so let's discuss that now.
Nataly Kelly | Posted 05.09.2012
There is something about seeing an endangered script carved into an 18"x10" piece of wood that hits a person deeply.
Posted 03.09.2012
By: Natalie Wolchover Published: 03/08/2012 12:38 PM EST on Lifes Little Mysteries "Squrrrrr … skraaaawl … squirruh … SQUOOW!" ...
Posted 02.29.2012
By: Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 02/28/2012 07:09 PM EST on LiveScience When meeting strangers in the wild, dolphins w...
Dan Kowalski | Posted 02.28.2012
The only thing that matters is whether, and when, we enact meaningful, and comprehensive, immigration reform. Toward that end, let's use language that's helpful rather than harmful.
The New York Times | Posted 02.28.2012
The linguistic quirks of teenage girls remain a topic of fascination among researchers, who note that young girls often start vocal trends. And as a n...
Posted 02.18.2012
By: Clara Moskowitz, LiveScience Senior Writer Published: 02/17/2012 06:56 PM EST on LiveScience VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Many of the wor...
Yujhan Claros | Posted 04.17.2012
So what is meaning? What does anything mean?
Nataly Kelly | Posted 04.08.2012
How did translation and interpreting companies give back and pay it forward over the past twelve months? Let us count the ways:
Monique Frausto | Posted 03.21.2012
I look back, and although I've had a hard time growing up not speaking Spanish, I don't think I would change anything.
Ann Brenoff | Posted 03.18.2012
"Amazing" may have reached critical mass on the annoyance scale. Lake Superior State University in Michigan compiled a list of words it would like to see banned this year "for misuse, overuse and general uselessness."
Food Republic | Posted 03.18.2012
If you haven't eaten your way across Italy yet, consider the advice of someone who has. Italian food varies dramatically from region to region, but you can rest assured that you will find pasta, wine, espresso and gelato wherever you go.
John Joss | Posted 03.10.2012
Our inability to express ourselves with clarity, simplicity and vigor is the death of effective human affairs. The light at the end of the tunnel is that we, if we care enough to speak and write properly, will shine.
Ruth Neubauer | Posted 05.21.2012