So I did some digging on old words; way older than the 60’s ... This episode will focus a lot on phonetics and phonology of slang, so I’ll leave it up to Dalola to give us a brief rundown on the ...

know the most important changes in the fields of historical phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics. know the basic structure of Old English, Middle English and Early Modern English grammar; to ...

Everett pulls off a masterly linguistic confection, in which enslaved people use Black English only as a wary affectation.

The centuries-old tradition of wassailing is making a comeback in rural England, with rituals and revelry meant to chase away evil spirits and the winter blues.

English, with about a third of its words rooted in French, is a prime example of how language transforms based on society.

New genetic evidence traces the roots of English, Sanskrit, and hundreds of other languages to a group of hunter-gatherers in ...

Scholars are studying an ancient scroll that has been virtually unrolled 2,000 years after it was burned to a crisp during ...

Perhaps the most powerful shaper of English was William Tyndale. Tyndale's translation of the Bible into English is rich in ...

Liverpool researchers' discovery of collagen in fossilized bones could provide new insights into dinosaurs. For years, ...

Whistler’s paintings were first compared to music in 1863 when the French critic Paul Manz described his haunting portrait, ...

The English We Speak is your chance to catch up on the very latest English words and phrases. In under 3 minutes, we help you stay ahead of the pack by giving you 'must have' phrases that you can ...