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Informative histories, modern retellings and genre-bending homages will take you back to the long road to Ithaca.
| Keywords | the-odysseybooksreadingliteraturehomageretellingsgreek-mythologyancient-greecestorytellinghistorycultureentertainmentnytimescalum-marshlanguagewritingenglish-languagewestern-civilization |
We've all engaged in a little 'gossip.' But did you know its origins were tied to family and friendship?
| Keywords | gossipetymologyword-originslanguagehistoryreligionchristianityfamilyfriendshipnprmediaculturesocial-interactioncommunication |
Progressive California education activists are urging the state to recognize “black English” in preschool classrooms, claiming the approach would strengthen literacy development and affirm the […] Source
In Ecuador’s highlands, a seamless mix of Kichwa and Spanish creates a language that bends grammar, adds melody and goes unnoticed by many who speak it every day.
| Keywords | ecuadorandeskichwaspanishlanguagelinguisticssouth-americalatin-americacultureindigenoushighlandsgrammaranthropologydialectjose-maria-leon-cabrerajohanna-alarconnytimes |
A new study of bilingual speakers suggests that a single “grammatical engine” in the brain can power multiple languages at once.
Don’t replace gendered language with contrived concoctions that could convey a convoluted meaning.
| Keywords | world-cupsoccerfootballsportspoliticsculture-wargenderlanguageman-of-the-matchfifausadiscriminationcontroversysocial-issuesred-green-axis |
Add one more entry to the “we really can’t coexist with these dangerously insane people” list.
| Keywords | new-yorknypoliticslanguageculture-waridentity-politicsradical-leftred-green-axissocialismwokemediaamerican-thinkerus-politicsgovernmentideologysanitysocietyculture |
We explore six sentences that have shaped the American story.