We learn about how and why languages change. Language is constantly changing. Today’s small changes could lead to entirely new dialects or languages in the future. We learn about how and why languages ...

When most people meet a linguist, they wonder how many languages they speak. While one sense of the term linguist is someone proficient in a multitude of languages, most people who study linguistics ...

Marlee Matlin has won an Oscar, and she’s appeared in countless films and television shows. Yet she, too, has faced a common Deaf dilemma: how to claim equitable access to information, when one lives ...

Miami is one of the most bilingual cities in the U.S. More than 70 percent of residents speak a language other than English at home, and Spanish is often heard […] The post The language you speak can ...

Language shapes our thoughts—or does it? Decades of research on aphasia, the loss of language following brain injury, ...