The double-standard for white shooters is more than just "lone wolf"

“Language-games.” By Ian Ground.

ELIA Frames is a new tactile reading system that claims to be easier to learn than braille. Is it necessary? By Meg Miller.

German concentration and extermination camps were run by the speakers of one language but inhabited by speakers of many others. Interpretation became necessary to both sides. Linguistic skills helped some inmates to survive, but the deployment of these skills could involve a cost. By Michael Cronin.

Cuneiform was used for over 3,000 years in the Ancient Near East, but was only decoded in the 19th century. The writing form is still revealing amazing stories, from literature to mathematics. By Louise Pryke.

Benefits from learning another language considerably improve your well-being and they're covered in an all-inclusive infographic, so dig in!

The lexicographic community learned this week that the Dictionary of American Regional English would be shutting down.

Please be warned; as far as offensive words go, you are entering a hardhat area. By Kate Lister.

A new website helps you translate human words and emotions into a form of elephant communication. By Casey Smith. (Aug. 11, 2017)

The study of languages has long been prone to nonsense. Why is linguistics such a magnet for dilettantes and crackpots? By Gaston Dorren.

A new study reports mathematical processes in the brain are influenced by language. Studying bilingual people, researchers discovered cognitive 'extra effort' is required for solving math problems when presented in the second language.

Librarians would have "rebutted it in a heartbeat," says medieval scholar.

The centuries-old texts were erased, and then written over, by monks at Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt

German tongue-twisting :-P

Amazingly, there are 7,099 languages still spoken in the world today.

Newscasters and Stephen Colbert seem to think so.

This is why we can’t have nice things. Did you ever have the feeling that people are talking behind your back, but you can’t quite make out what they’re saying? Imagine for a minute if instead of people, there were artificial intelligence (AI) bots plotting and scheming in the background — and to make matters worse, they’ve been communicating in their own language.

A new study documents the speed at which American English has stretched around the globe – and its influence is even felt within the UK

They banded together against book burnings to fight an empire.

There are almost a hundred different languages spoken natively in Europe, but only about 40 of them have 1 million speakers or more. The map below shows estimates of the total number of native