Discussion point: “English is the most tonal of all European languages.” The Swede could make a similar claim, but they do it in a...

Humour: one of the best tools of the linguist, whether to understand the target language/culture or to laugh at ourselves - and with others

how to type accents on foreign words, special characters, “diacritics”. Here is a range of options for how to do it

There is no such thing as a synonym, says the poet. The language teacher respectfully disagrees...

An effective translation between languages is rarely word for word. A great translation is never word for word, especially when...