In January middle school and high school students at more than 200 host sites across the U.S. and parts of Canada competed in the North American Computational Linguistics Open Competition (NACLO), ...

The story of American English is how the nation’s different groups have made the language their own — but it’s also about the way it connects Americans. The latest book by the Mexican American author ...

Recently, the University of Florida’s African Studies Program hosted a “baraza” — or community meeting — featuring a Kenyan educator, Dr. Wandia Njoya. In her talk, “The Political Vernacular of ...

Columnist, author, and linguist Richard Lederer spent about six months writing his latest book, “American History for Everyone.” That was a lot longer than it’s typically taken him to write his dozens ...

No, here they are. . . . Last night I had the lecturer’s vocational nightmare: I dreamed that I had lost my notes. Since this is a series of lectures concerning American characteristics, I must be ...

How African American Vernacular English has shaped our country’s language and culture. African American Vernacular English has shaped the rhythm of our country’s language and culture for decades. Yet ...

Let's talk about back to school foreign language edition. We have Spanish French Latin. But what about American sign language? Well, starting this year, Mississippi schools will be able to offer this ...