DESIGNATING ENGLISH AS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order designating English as the official language of the United States. UNIFYING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ...

Held during the peak of summer, this age-old celebration captures the spirit of renewal and community, echoing traditions that have been passed down through generations in Gilan province and ...

Mr. Vanhoenacker is an airline pilot and an author. One morning late last autumn, I took off from London’s Heathrow Airport, my base as a Boeing 787 pilot, and landed the next morning at Haneda ...

Language is a defining feature of humanity, and for centuries, philosophers and scientists have contemplated its true purpose. We use language to share information and exchange ideas — but is it more ...

Five years ago, in the heart of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation, along the Canadian St. Lawrence River across from Montréal, Kanen’tó:kon Hemlock and Ieronhienhá:wi Tatum McComber pondered a question posed ...

The long-held idea that language learning is better before adulthood is up for debate. Adults have a number of advantages when it comes to learning a second language, and it comes with major benefits.

A group of neuroscientists argue that our words are primarily for communicating, not for reasoning. By Carl Zimmer For thousands of years, philosophers have argued about the purpose of language. Plato ...

Iran (MNN) — Bible translators are praising God for progress in a language of northern Iran. Transform Iran’s Lana Silk says the Gilaki language has a broad reach. “There are three million Gilakis ...

The term ‘mother tongue’ is widely used, however how it is defined can depend on who is using it and in what context. Mother tongue can refer to the language that one has learnt first; the language ...