My earliest relationship with language was defined by rules. As an immigrant who came to this country from Peru at…
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Language constructors for the movies started with words Frank Herbert made up for his 1965 novel but went much further,…
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A poet, publisher and professor, she channeled the revolutionary spirit and deconstructionist currents of the 1960s to challenge the conventions…
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Nearly 400 years ago, Walloon-speaking religious refugees from near what is today roughly the French-Belgian border arrived in a Lenape-speaking…
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Late last month, Merriam-Webster shared the news on Instagram that it’s OK to end a sentence with a preposition. Hats…
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The News Credit...Jessica Kourkounis for The New York TimesAccording to new research, “technoference” is real. Toddlers who are exposed to…
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LANGUAGE CITY: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York, by Ross Perlin “Up on the sixth floor…
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Some months ago, one of my readers sent me an invaluable cache of recordings of family members during therapy sessions…
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In “How to Be a Good Savage,” Mikeas Sánchez’ poems help preserve her language, Zoque, and allow it to commingle…
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More than 60 percent of French speakers now live in Africa. Despite growing resentment at France, Africans are contributing to…
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