The chief objection to Michigander is that it inspires idiots to call a Michigan woman a Michigoose and a child a ...

Linguist Gareth Roberts joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the etymologies of English words. How did the first languages first form? Was there once a single common ...

American linguist John McWhorter doesn't think Donald Trump is losing his mind as some have claimed. Instead, McWhorter ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva paid a visit Monday to renowned linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky who is recovering from heart surgery at his home in Sao Paulo. The 95-year-old ...

In an interview, Yale linguist Simon Charlow discusses the interplay between linguistics and artificial intelligence.

The story of famous applied linguist Li Pei has been adapted into a contemporary Kunqu Opera production, which, staged by the Northern Kunqu Opera Theatre, premiered at the University of Chinese ...

He wagers with his friend and fellow haughty linguist, Colonel Pickering, that he can teach her to speak “properly”. It seems at first there is no hope but – hoorah! – Eliza finally grasps ...

Columnist, author, and linguist Richard Lederer spent about six months writing his latest book, “American History for ...

More than 6,000 miles from his native Tajikistan, where he faced censorship and the threat of imprisonment, linguist and historian Barakatullo Ashurov has completed what he regards as a very ...

John McWhorter challenges the view that former President Donald Trump’s unusual behavior is a sign of mental decline, ...

Linguist Irene Heim, professor emerita in MIT’s Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, has been named a co-recipient of ...

He wagers with his friend and fellow haughty linguist, Colonel Pickering, that he can teach her to speak “properly”. It seems at first there is no hope but – hoorah! – Eliza finally grasps ...