WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) - While most people speak only one language or perhaps two, some are proficient in many. These people are called polyglots. And they are helping to provide insight into ...

Nelleke Van Deusen-Scholl, director of the Center for Language Study (CLS), could explain the benefits of language study in seven or eight languages. Today, she chose English. “[Studying languages] is ...

There are more students enrolled in foreign language courses than any other department within the Arts & Sciences at William & Mary, making the College a leader in a nationwide trend that’s sweeping ...

Everywhere, every day, everybody uses language. There is no human society, no matter how small or how isolated, which does not employ a language that is rich and diverse. This course introduces you to ...

Cognitive linguistics is a modern school of linguistic thought that originally began to emerge in the 1970s due to dissatisfaction with formal approaches to language. As I explain in my book, ...