The rain is pattering on the sidewalk as a rendition of The Tragically Hip’s “Ahead by a Century” echoes inside St. Andrew’s United Church in downtown Halifax.

Nigel Richards, arguably the best Scrabble player ever, previously won French tournaments without speaking the language.

English stands out as the de facto language of communication between people who do not share another language.

Dialogue is an essential part of college. As anger over the war in the Middle East has brought upheaval to campuses, it has ...

We have certain assumptions about the kind of English ancient Greeks and Romans should speak in fictional works and translations ...

The enactment of the Aceh Language Qanun raises an important question: Does language play a role in building peace in ...

Everyday metaphors link to how we experience the world around us, according to seminal work by Lakoff and Johnson. In English, we "move forward" with our lives and don't "retreat into" the past. We ...

Laura Glaab ’22 MBA understands how empowering a conversation can be. From her career coach and professors to cohort peers ...

There is a funny line in the BBC comedy series, To the Manor Born, when a feudal aristocrat fallen on difficult days sells her country mansion to a Czech-born tycoon. Speaking of the responsibility ...

First, though, we begin in Syria. Under the rule of former President Bashar al-Assad, Sednaya prison was full of people detained by the regime. It's a vast jail complex in the Syrian capital, Damascus ...

A New Zealand man hailed as a Scrabble phenom dominated the Spanish World Scrabble Championships – despite reportedly not ...