If you want an obituary in the New York Times, there is one sure-fire way: coin a famous word. People have found their way into [...]

If you frequently Google language-related questions, whether out of interest or need, you’ve probably seen an advertisement for Grammarly, an automated grammar-checker. In ubiquitous YouTube [...]

It can be hard sometimes, when speaking, to remember all of the grammatical rules that guide us when we're writing. When is it right to [...]

Language is endlessly variable. Each of us can come up with an infinite number of sentences in our native language, and we're able to do [...]

Backed by research and personal anecdotes, Spanish professor Anna Babel reveals the intricate relationship between language and culture, showing how social categories and underlying biases [...]

The people of Flanders have elected the word ‘knuffelcontact’ as their Word of the Year.  ‘Knuffelcontact’ means hug buddy or cuddle contact in English and has [...]

A recent NIHR report found that students with previously low connectedness scores saw improvement in well-being and eased anxiety. Read more

There are parallels between the two processes—as Charles Darwin saw. Read more

Si les trois langues officielles de Belgique sont le français, le néerlandais et l’allemand, les Belges semblent aussi tirer leur épingle du jeu lorsqu’il s’agit [...]