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Tiny filler words in human rapid-fire conversation hold the key to understanding how language is unique, according to a new book. But anthropologist Barbara J. King raises some questions.
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When we imagine laws and when talk about them, most of us probably don’t picture the paper they’re written on or the specific words used in them.But most…
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Plantain. It’s a South Florida food staple. It’s green, it’s starchy and when cooked absolutely delicious. No arguments there.But how do you pronounce…
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A charter school in Immokalee, roughly 35 miles east of Fort Myers, wants to help migrant farm worker families overcome language barriers by using 21st…
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At least 350 languages were spoken in U.S. households between 2009 and 2013, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday.It is one of the most comprehensive…
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More than two-thirds of Florida residents polled say public school students should have to take Spanish, according to a monthly University of Florida…
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The new additions range from pop culture ("xlnt" and "permadeath") to business-speak ("algorithmic trading"). We present a list selected by the editors.
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The growing popularity of e-cigarettes sparked the notice of the Oxford Dictionaries, which chose "vape" as the word of the year for 2014. It beat out contenders such as "bae" and "normcore."
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The list of things that threaten the U. S. economy is long, indeed. But here's one item that might not have occurred to you.Speaking bad English.As the…
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Our Miami talk is markedly different from the Southern drawls heard farther north in the state, but even within the four South Florida counties, twangs…
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While "honcho" is often mistakenly believed to have Spanish origins, it actually traces its roots to American soldiers who fought in the Pacific during World War II.
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For a few years now, teachers and English purists have bemoaned the slow, painful death of language. It was bad enough when only rock music and television…