The spelling and grammar rules do not apply on the Millennial Internet™. That's because millennials have created a new rulebook for a variant of written English unique to social media. A rulebook ...

The Oxford comma. “Ask” instead of “aks.” There, their, and they’re. The legitimacy of “ain’t” and “y’all.” These are familiar, if sometimes contentious, issues in the usage of the English language.

Minae Mizumura's The Fall of Language in the Age of English is an eye-opening call to consciousness about the role of language: what it means for the fate of national languages at a time when English ...

About a decade ago, when I was an editor at The New York Times Book Review, we left the name of the reviewer off a cover review. The book’s title and author’s name were there (“Bismarck: A Life,” by ...

Did you know that English used to be viewed as a language for everyday people? For a long time, scholars preferred to write ...

English has become the language of international communication. Our English courses and certificates are designed for students preparing for studies in the United States, professionals working in ...

Andreea S. Calude receives funding from the Royal Society Marsden Grant and Catalyst Seeding Grant . University of Waikato provides funding as a member of The Conversation NZ. University of Waikato ...