It’s not unusual, of course, for languages to have words or sounds in common: The English “number” and ... will turn up in every language in the world? “No,” Dingemanse says.

Simply mention them and you will see faces screw up, shoulders stiffen and a ripple of revulsion spread through the room. SEE ...

Language learners often assume that using rare, complex vocabulary will make their speech sound more fluent. Research ...

Taken from the Philippines' Tagalog language, gigil is a "feeling so intense that it gives us the irresistible urge to ...

Language is constantly evolving ... or jamming to some timba, these words are now officially part of English. So, next time someone tells you Spanglish isn't "real English," hit 'em with a ...

Since Angle and Saxon tribes brought their West Germanic dialect to Briton more than 1,500 years ago, and Old English was born, English has been a flexible, dynamic language — ...