David J. Peterson, the language creator for HBO's Game of Thrones, explains how to go about creating a fictional language. David breaks down how he constructed the Dothraki and Valyrian languages, and ...

Why do some languages have simpler grammars than others? Researchers propose that the size of the community influences the complexity of the language that evolves in it. When small and large groups of ...

This release is also available in French, Spanish and Japanese. At a school in Managua, Nicaragua, deaf children are speaking a new language entirely their own, which nonetheless has remarkable ...

Milwaukee is a city of neighborhoods. And the language we choose to describe them can impact how they're perceived. We're looking at the impact of using "loaded" words, such as labels that describe ...

This article was taken from the March issue of Wired UK magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by ...

In this one-hour activity, students gain an understanding of the nature of human communication and foster a scientific view on languages. Through class activities, games, reading, and analysis, ...