(RNS) — In 1712, Jonathan Swift, the Anglican clergyman most famous for his brilliant satire, published “A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue.” Complaining that the ...

“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world,” observed philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein in 1922. We might ask, accordingly, how does language shape reality, arbitrating human experience of ...

Much has been said about the remarkable ability humans have to extract meaning from language. That ability is remarkable indeed. In a split second, we perceive a spoken or written word and immediately ...

The Wyoming Department of Education announced a statewide Language and Literacy Initiative on Wednesday, aimed at addressing ...

Misused word pairs can lead to embarrassing or confusing communication. NPR language experts breaks down the most commonly ...

Generally, when wearing these buds you can hear an almost real-time translation of what someone is saying in their native ...