New York City is home to a lot of languages! Sometimes a sizeable language community can live on just a couple of floors of an…
Language authorities. Right-wing politicians. White supremacists and feminists. What do they have in common? They’re all working together to fight gender-inclusive language. But why bring…
Dr Kelly Wright is helping us understand the link between public health and language maintenance. And she’s helping us with our voluminous Mailbag! Listen to…
In honour of Grammar Day (4 March), we are joined live by special guest Ellen Jovin, who regularly dispenses grammar advice and wisdom from the…
What are your eyes doing when you describe a scene? It may depend on your language. New research from Dr Rachel Nordlinger and team shows…
We’re climbing back into the linguistic time machine and taking a look at language in the long view. We’ll find out what language was like…
We’re talking words, and no one has a way with words like Grant Barrett. He’s here to tell us what it’s like at Dictionary.com, and…
The public has voted, and a winner has been decided! We’re looking all the words chosen by the various dictionary bodies, and counting down our…
What was language like a year ago? Ten years ago? A hundred? What about before that? We’re climbing into the Linguistic Time Machine and finding…
What is a woman? Or a man? Or a chair, or a sandwich? Or anything, really? “Gender critical” people are making language into a vector…