I grew up with two languages, with my mind shifting back and forth. We spoke English at home because my parents wanted my sister and me to be proficient in the dominant idiom of this new country.

It is time for another installation of ``Ask Mister Language Person,'' the penultimate authority on grammatorical issues, the column that puts the ``p-u'' in punctuation, the only language column that ...

After hundreds of years of disruption, displacement, and colonial violence in Indonesia, I’m learning Dutch. Rudimentary, garbled Dutch, but Dutch nonetheless. Three generations ago, my ...

A Nigerian lady has sparked reactions online after revealing that her biggest relationship dealbreaker is a man who doesn’t ...

“It’s a puzzle that I think the audience will enjoy solving,” said Bob Moss about “Speaking in Tongues,” the play he directs and which opens on Thursday, April 12, at SUNY Cortland. “The play ...

A Capital Region native who graduated from Shaker High School and UAlbany now is closing in on 4 million followers across his social media platforms. His schtick? He videochats with people across the ...

Speaking in tongues has long been seen as a spiritual mystery — but neuroscience is beginning to explain what’s really happening. Brain scans reveal unique patterns of language processing, control, ...

“How are we doing today, sweetie?” the nurse asked John, a patient in an assisted living residence. He was offended when the staff spoke to him in this way because it made him feel like a child.