Linguistics

An exploration of the ways our tongues—and our pride—twist around foreign words, and what that says about how we want to be seen.

Theansweriscomplicated.

Here are the difficulty levels of most European languages for Americans.

From Password to Mad Libs to Wordle, we pit our favorite lexical pastimes head to head. 

A linguist explains how loanwords and direct translations known as calques are reshaping the sound of Miami and beyond.

How you say it certainly says something about who you are.

Get a peek into what we’re obsessed with right now.

Places that are usually hot or cold developed languages differently.

What you really need this store-hopping season are tales about the “Aisle of Shame” and the shop cats of Hong Kong.

The now common term wasn't used to describe medieval Scandinavians until the 19th century.

From "unabridged" to "slanguage," Madeline Kripke's library is a logophile's heaven (or hell).

I made a bunch of linguists listen to this social media phenomenon and tell me what’s going on.