UCLA Language Materials Project

12/21/2015

The invention of new ways of speaking is one surprising consequence of migration to Europe.

08/06/2014

Embracing a multi-lingual nation!

Bilingualism in America, and how one ad showed America's stripes

07/31/2014

As communicators, we’re always looking for new ways to improve the way we write, speak and, well, communicate.  Maybe we follow writing blogs to find tips or even watch YouTube videos on how to im…

07/28/2014

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation now has its written language, the Cherokee syllabary, available in Braille.

07/25/2014

Many Indian languages have become threatened and even endangered under the pressure of globalization, the Centre told the Lok Sabha today. In his reply, Minister of State for Culture and Tourism Shripad Naik said that under the pressure of

07/24/2014

Tjupan is a language of which there are only six native speakers left in the world. A Perth linguist has enlisted the help of a Yale University student to help preserve it.

07/23/2014

With enough practice, some learners of a second language can process their new language as well as native speakers, research at the University of Kansas shows.

07/17/2014

Catalan renaissance it is prompting a backlash among some parents concerned their children are getting short-changed on Spanish

07/15/2014

Companies want globally competent employees, including multilanguage competency. By Stacie Berdan.

07/14/2014

When University of Kentucky student Erica Mattingly enrolled in one of Andrew M. Byrd's linguistics courses, she had no idea she would be rewriting history—or at least re-speaking it.

07/11/2014

Growing up in Palo Alto, California, Mika Tanner remembered her mother’s insistence on speaking to her exclusively in Japanese.“She’d watched so many of her ...

07/09/2014

NEW DELHI - The contentious language issue, of whether to use ...