Learn more about the influence the Vikings had on the English language.

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Students in grades 8-12 have discovered how studying German has expanded their world and built stronger English skills.

Bochum’s historic victory over German giants Bayern München at the Allianz Arena on Saturday afternoon apparently owed much ...

Language courses can boost cognitive skills and multitasking abilities. But I'm learning Dutch on Duolingo because it's fun.

We speak it, we read it, we write it … and we know doodle-squat about it. And more’s the pity when it comes to English, because I find its length and breadth fascinating. For one thing, if English ...

Research shows listening to new languages deepens comprehension skills. Plus, you’ll become familiar with the correct ...

Think of the kind that makes you pause and take a moment or more to pronounce these words. With around 273,000 headwords — for example, if you look up the word “cat” in a dictionary, “cat” is the ...

The grammar of German means that it is a language in many ways uniquely suited to combining existing words to make longer but highly specific portmanteaus. I knew that the German language could ...

But it turns out, not only in English. After the Constitution was drafted in 1787, supporters of ratification printed translations for Dutch speakers in New York and German speakers in ...

Marx failed to grasp that there are laws of human action that apply universally. His understanding of economics was far inferior to that of Nassau Senior, whom ...

Every day, Europe feels the negative effects of immigration from outside the EU—ranging from integration difficulties and ...