Chinese pronouns are largely split between female and male – prompting LGBTQ activists to invent their own gender-neutral pronoun. That movement just took a big step forward.

It’s become a tradition for dictionaries and other publications to each select their “word of the year” between November and ...

On this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode of Amicus, co-hosts Dahlia Lithwick and Mark Joseph Stern discuss the ruling and its ...

A new study by Cornell researcherrs showed that using large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT boosts paper production, especially for non-native English speakers. But the overall increase in ...

Word-salad it may seem, this phrase is actually the most important sentence of the year. At least, that’s what the Western world’s various English dictionaries would have us believe; as each ...

When Gail Dana reflects on the status of the Passamaquoddy language, she can’t help but speak in oceanic analogies. “We know we can’t turn the tide. We see that every single day,” she said, gazing ...

My weekly language classes have taught me humility more than anything else. Ayaka Ono, my current Japanese teacher, estimates ...

Very few people get to invent a new language that is heard by millions: DW talked to linguist Paul Frommer about how he ...

Idioms are an often invisible barrier to understanding and inclusion for second-language speakers because their meanings rely ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Autism and mental health are complex subjects. Here are some guidelines we use when choosing how to write about ...

Researchers found that AI flattens the bell curve of a common principle in human psychology, known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, giving us all the illusion of competence. When you purchase through ...