David J. Peterson, the language creator for HBO's Game of Thrones, explains how to go about creating a fictional language. David breaks down how he constructed the Dothraki and Valyrian languages, and ...

Senior Lecturer, Applied Linguistics and English Language, Anglia Ruskin University It’s well known that JRR Tolkien wrote the Lord of the Rings cycle to create people to speak the languages he had ...

Why do some languages have simpler grammars than others? Researchers propose that the size of the community influences the complexity of the language that evolves in it. When small and large groups of ...

“It didn’t matter if the sign said ‘flesh’ or ‘fresh’ or ‘meat,’” recalls Dougill, a professor at Ryukoku University, who has researched the use of English in Japan. “It was just there to catch people ...

It takes a lot of work to create a believable science fiction or fantasy universe, and that often includes developing constructed languages, or "conlangs," that work well enough for actors to speak ...

Explore the foreign language effect and how it impacts decision-making and cognitive biases when using a second language. Recently, a new disease has been going around. Without medicine, 600,000 ...

Learning a new language is difficult and time-consuming. Yet, once one does so, one's ability to appreciate and experience a culture is fundamentally augmented. Whether someone heads to Ibiza for ...

Some programming languages, such as Rust, Go, or TypeScript, are cool. Others, including Cobol and Java, are regarded as dull. However, while Java, which turned 30 on May 23, may not be the most ...

Adults learning another language often tend to continue using the intonation of their native language. This causes them to ...

In this one-hour activity, students gain an understanding of the nature of human communication and foster a scientific view on languages. Through class activities, games, reading, and analysis, ...