Guidelines on the use of language when reporting on extreme violence in pursuit of political or ideological objectives can be ...

We use language to communicate everything that’s important to us, everything we want others to know. We use language to tell stories that convey the meaning and truth we live by. Language can also be ...

Neil Patel co-founded The Daily Caller, an online news outlet, and The Daily Caller News Foundation, a nonprofit that trains journalists, produces fact checks, and does investigative reporting. In ...

When it comes to communication, words get it done. Words can sell, excite, inflame, prompt sacrifice, mend hearts, and that’s not even the beginning. People remember leaders for their words. The right ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. Can there be a political writer who has not fallen in love with George Orwell’s 1946 essay, “Politics and ...

Ph.D. candidate Yuchen Lian (LIACS) wants to understand why human languages look the way they do—and find inspiration to ...

Psychologists have long known that certain linguistic habits reveal how people are functioning internally. For example, ...

Last fall one of Chanea Bond’s ninth grade students told her that he was going to “SOB” next semester. She was confused. A quick Google search didn’t yield a definition that made sense to Bond. So, ...

Over ten percent of the student population in the United States is comprised of English Language Learners. Given that reality, the role of a student’s home language merits discussion. Use of students’ ...