Language is one of the few faculties that still seems to be uniquely human. Other animals, like chimpanzees and songbirds, have developed elaborate communication systems, but none appears to convey ...

Large majorities of Virginians want the General Assembly to pass measures to hold down the cost of housing — measures that legislators rejected this year, a new survey finds. More than seven in 10 ...

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is moving to make English the sole language used for all agency business, Secretary Scott Turner said Tuesday. The move is in line with President ...

A paper by a psychologist at the University of Kansas examines how language shapes our emotional experience of the world. Katie Hoemann, assistant professor of psychology at KU, has published her ...

Narrative CVs offer researchers the opportunity to present their careers through their own stories, focusing on achievements, contributions, and broader impact rather than just traditional metrics.

Under British rule, Gaeilge became a minority language in Ireland, yet it was never allowed to die out and over the centuries, Ireland’s mother tongue was kept alive by people all over the island, ...

The expansion of University Fire Department Station 12 will include additional features after the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly approved a $1 million request. UFD broke ground on a $4 million ...

If you want to make a career as an opera singer, Germany, with 80 opera houses, is one of the best places to go. While mastering the German language can be tricky, a unique course at Middlebury ...

A Fairbanks plumber and Assembly candidate backtracked his decision to drop out of the 2025 municipal election on Friday, just days after announcing his decision to suspend his campaign at a local ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The State Board of Education is studying whether to eliminate Tennessee’s two-year foreign language high school graduation requirement. Currently, TN students must complete ...

In arguing that language enforces the power imbalance between the sexes, she inspired an entire academic field. By Trip Gabriel Robin Lakoff, a linguist who analyzed what she considered the unique ...

Language shapes the way we view our world. In the field of wildlife conservation, even very subtle word choices drive peoples’ perceptions around individual species or situations. These word choices ...