This type of language can be either objective or subjective. Objective language includes making verifiable statements. Some ...

Language helps define the way people think about themselves and their culture. It does so by shaping the way we think, feel ...

“Ohio.” “Brat.” “Cringe.” “Weird.” Coconut emojis. Viral memes are omnipresent this campaign season, distilling concepts, images and ideas into simple, replicable formats that spread rapidly online.

Co authored with Sayuri Hayakawa, Ph.D. It’s not uncommon to see a Japanese person bowing while on the telephone. One of us is a Japanese-American who bows on the phone—but only in Japanese. Behaviors ...

From business to fashion, people who speak two or more languages tend to demonstrate more out of the box thinking, new research suggests. How are such ideas conceived? In the case of the spray-on ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. It’s only been about 18 months since we let the generative AI genie out of the bottle, but ...

Stories about the campus language police are a staple of the conservative-leaning press. There, you’ll read about a University of Washington language guide created by the campus’s information ...

For Ethan Hawke, the premise of his latest novel, A Bright Ray of Darkness (Penguin Random House, February) is familiar territory: an actor makes his Broadway debut as his marriage implodes. Calling ...