Experimenting with different genres and grammar conventions allows students to see why we follow certain rules—and which ones ...

Few words so rile language purists as the use of the adverb “literally” in a figurative sense, as in, “That movie literally blew my mind.” But as a linguist who studies how English has changed over ...

"I had a roommate in college who said this, and it sounded so freakin’ weird to my Arizona ears." 2."A Michigander can be identified by asking where they’re from. They’ll use their left index finger ...

There are certain words and phrases that only someone from Liverpool would use. If you’ve ever visited the city, chances are you’ve heard locals say things that left you completely puzzled.

Phrase structure grammar (PSG) is a way of describing the syntax and semantics of natural languages using hierarchical rules and symbols. In natural language processing (NLP), PSG can help you ...