A new book on American English in the Midwest makes Chicago seem exotic. It’s certainly not the title: “Language Variation and Change in the American Midland: A New Look at `Heartland’ English” (John ...

This paper offers a general study of a relatively young area in Arabic linguistics, namely the investigation of Arabic women's speech habits and the differences between these and men's speech. This ...

The “intersection of literacy, language variation, and poverty” will be explored in Bermuda College’s second Literacy Series workshop. “Dr. Julie Washington, Director of the Dialect, Poverty and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The English Journal is a journal of ideas for English language arts teachers in junior and senior high schools and middle schools.

To hear linguist Richard Ingham tell it, the double negative wasn’t nothing unusual in the history of the English language. In a revealing study in the current issue of Language Variation and Change, ...

A page from an English dictionary listinf=g a definition of a word next to its phonetic transcription in standard American English. (Photo by Rob Hobson on Unsplash) Born in southwestern Ohio, my ...

Often looked down upon as "pidgin German," dialects are an important part of cultural memory and diversity. Researchers say the vibrant spectrum of regional variations of German is under threat. One ...

Experts say English slang and regional dialect should not be banned from classrooms but when you're getting to grips with a second language how helpful is it to learn non-standard lingo? Experts say ...