In this one-hour activity, students gain an understanding of the nature of human communication and foster a scientific view on languages. Through class activities, games, reading, and analysis, ...

Stephen Garner (left) and Huey Kolowich (right). The two formed the basis for UniLex after returning from their missions. (Courtesy of Stephen Garner). BYU is a community with many international ties.

From the earliest cave paintings to modern-day novels, from poetry to speeches and impassioned letters to music lyrics, we have used words and symbols to express our inner thoughts, interpret our ...

The pandemic was an inflection point that raised questions around the systems and processes that undergird our lives at every level. In the classroom, defining structures had to be suddenly reimagined ...

When words fail them, creative writers imagine entirely new ones. Author Patti Callahan Henry examines fictional language, from the words of Tolkien to her own. Our editors and experts handpick every ...