Standard English is the form of English that is taught around the world and understood by all speakers of the language. Non-standard English is the informal version of the language, which can change ...

As far back as George Bernard Shaw’s fictional professor Henry Higgins, language experts have argued that low-income students who learn to switch from speaking a dialect to using standard English have ...

For years, many academics have questioned the importance — even the justice — of requiring college students to master standard English. The discussion 20 or 30 years ago was about a student’s right to ...

I am in the middle of writing a book on pronouns in English. My focus this time out is on standard English rather than nonstandard English, since one of my recent books was about Black English.

The Nation recently published a poem in which a homeless narrator speaks a complex, nuanced variety of English with a long and interesting history. The variety of English is Black English, and the ...

In March, at the annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, one panel presentation was of particular interest: It concerned requirements in first-year college composition classes and ...

Alexander Baratta and Paul Vincent Smith do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no ...

This research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada in the form a Tier I Canada Research Chair and several standard research grants. University of Ottawa ...

When Spanish meets English, new dialects emerge – giving us real-time insight into language evolution, linguists say. "Vamos de punches punches punches", Yamilet Muñoz texted her friends in Austin, ...