Political reframing in 2025 showed how strategic language choices override traditional metrics, as Democrats' shift from ...

Very few people get to invent a new language that is heard by millions: DW talked to linguist Paul Frommer about how he ...

Language learning is often a daunting prospect. Many of us wish we had learned a language to a higher level at school. But ...

When words fail them, creative writers imagine entirely new ones. Author Patti Callahan Henry examines fictional language, from the words of Tolkien to her own. Our editors and experts handpick every ...

Linguistics is one of the degrees most often dragged through the mud for being "useless," but The Lord of the Rings, one of ...

Megan (She/They) is a freelance journalist from the United Kingdom for the digital publication, Game Rant. She has been professionally writing gaming content for roughly four years now, since starting ...

Loved ones to Covid-19. Homes to forest fires. Clean air to climate change. The past year has stolen much of what sustains us. But we’re in danger of another devastating loss, just under the surface.

No one prepared me for the heartbreak of losing my first language. It doesn’t feel like the sudden, sharp pain of losing someone you love, but rather a dull ache that builds slowly until it becomes a ...

When a language dies, we lose a piece of human heritage. It's like losing a precious book that no one else can ever read again. Imagine if your own language started disappearing, and with it, the ...

Yes, we are in need of a genuine linguistic revolution, and of a conscious reform that confronts the masculinity of language ...

Through my clinical work with trauma survivors, I’ve learned the profound impact words can have. I strive to use thoughtful language in therapy, with the goal of not re-traumatizing or invalidating a ...