Tag: Advisory Board

A new documentary, Talking Black in America, explores African American English through interviews with linguists, speakers, and educators. Walt Wolfram, director of the Language and Life Project and the film's executive…

Linguist Cecile McKee explores the early stages of language development with five of the first words that English-speaking children say.

Can physical books and eBooks coexist, or are they hopelessly at odds? Linguist Naomi Baron weighs in.

A short essay listing the five favorite words (and why) by contributor Erin McKean, a noted lexicographer, author of seven books, and founder of the nonprofit online dictionary Wordnik.com.