More than one‐third of the world's population uses a writing system that includes both uppercase and lowercase letter forms.

Q: As you can see by my signature, Dan, I’m a linguist. On your podcast you frequently ask researchers “whatchyougot” on all kinds of sex- and romance-related questions. I thought maybe you’d be ...

An authority on the English language has set us free from the tethers of what many have long regarded as a grammatical no-no. Or has it? The answer depends on how you side with a declaration from ...

A 7-year-old’s homework assignment using the word “down" in a sentence is trending up after it was posted on social media. Summer Toson, 25, was watching her younger sister, Malak, complete a ...

Adults learning another language often tend to continue using the intonation of their native language. This causes them to ...

Periods may be coming to a full stop. While older texters may consider the period an innocent symbol that a sentence has ended, digital natives consider it a triggering form of aggression. The ...