Word of the day: Juxtaposition

Enhance your vocabulary with our Word of the Day series. In this series, we introduce a new word every day and explore its ...

Word of the day: Fervent

Enhance your vocabulary with our Word of the Day series. In this series, we introduce a new word every day and explore its ...
Psychology Today

The Origins of Language

For more than 150 years ago, the assumption that language is a singular event has hampered progress in explaining its evolution. Another obstacle was the failure to recognize that certain social ...
THE WEEK

Almost every language has a word for 'Christmas.' Few reference Christ.

¡Feliz Navidad! Joyeux Noël! Frohe Weihnachten! God Jul! Sretan Božić! Crăciun fericit! Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus! How do you keep the Christ in Christmas if your language doesn't have a Christ in it to ...
The Conversation

Reviled, reclaimed and respected: the history of the word ‘queer’

Timothy W. Jones receives funding from the Australian Research Council and the Victorian Government. He is currently also the president of the Australian Queer Archives. Recently, a number of people ...
Greek Reporter

“OK,” Is This Borrowed From the Greek Language, Too?

OK is one of the most frequently used words in the English language, but does it have a Greek origin? There are numerous ...
Psychology Today

The Origins of Language

For more than 150 years ago, the assumption that language is a singular event has hampered progress in explaining its evolution. Another obstacle was the failure to recognize that certain social ...