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Of the 7,159 living languages in the world that the Ethnologue website now lists, it considers 3,193 to be “endangered,” that ...
As we celebrate our nation’s independence, many may be surprised to learn that a Revolutionary War battle took place in Arkansas.The Battle of Arkansas Post, o ...
The 940-page bill Senate Republican leaders unveiled Friday night to implement President Trump’s agenda includes a section pushed by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) to sell public lands, although a ...
The language used in discussing Iran strikes shapes public perception, political responses, and market reactions, highlighting how words define crises beyond mere communication.
More than a century after colonisation, the Ainu language almost vanished. Now machines are listening to hours of old recordings and learning to give it a new voice.
Truckers who learned English as a second language are concerned they may lose their jobs if they make a mistake or speak with a heavy accent while under questioning.
The way that human adults talk to young children is unique among primates, a new study found. That might be one secret to our species’ grasp of language.
One sign of that focus came on Friday, when prominent open source group LAION released a suite of open source tools focused entirely on emotional intelligence.
Brushing up on English has taken on new urgency for truck drivers in the United States. President Donald Trump issued an executive order in April saying that commercial truckers who don’t read and ...