As noted last week, intonation is the rise and fall of pitch in the voice — when speaking. There is the need to master the concept and its manifestations to improve on our spoken English. Among other ...

From brain development to accents, aptitude, and motivation, the real science behind language learning challenges the idea ...

It’s been described as embarrassing, clichéd or “unhelpful singsong.” Many poets dislike it too, but it’s a style they’ve learned from each other.

If I tell you I grew up in Karachi, Pakistan, you will probably have a very clear idea of what you expect me to sound like. In reality, my accent is far more confused. The Netflix and YouTube I grew ...

Explicit instruction in how tone is conveyed in writing helps students become more thoughtful readers and more precise, ...

Research shows that people with non-mainstream or non-native accents are less likely to be promoted and earn lower wages. Even communicating with peers can be increasingly hard as speech barriers come ...

As the use of generative AI becomes increasingly common, we must beware of an algorithmic colonization of language and ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since ...

How do you teach somebody to read a language if there’s nothing for them to read? This is the problem facing developers across the African continent who are trying to train AI to understand and ...

Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in the human brain — and has found some similarities to ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. “Predator: Badlands” is the first film in the franchise where much of the dialogue is in the alien hunters’ ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence ...