Utterances like um, wow and mm-hmm used to be dismissed as irrelevant linguistic detritus. But some linguists now think they ...

Other interjections serve as what some linguists call “continuers,” such as mm-hmm — signals from the listener that they’re ...

Before Trump’s executive order, the decision on an official language was left to individual states. More than 30 states, along with the U.S. Virgin Islands, had already passed laws designating English ...

Be the Official National Language of the USA for the First Time in 250 Years Language was a defining aspect of national ...

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has introduced legislation that would designate English as the official language of the United ...

But what matters is the spirit of the thing. The English language is under not the slightest threat in America, and providing ...

Under most presidents, the move may have been largely symbolic. But Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric takes it to a new level.

Rebel With a Clause” celebrates the improbable cross-country journey of a woman who gently imparts grammar rules to strangers ...

Trump’s order marks the first time in the country’s 248-year history that the government has established an official language ...