If language is what makes us human, what does it mean now that large language models have gained “metalinguistic” abilities?

The word “bucolic” has two definitions relating to the countryside. The first, and more commonly used one, is an adjective defined as relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country ...

Every language of chaos needs its softer words. “Pookie” is one of the few that still sound genuinely sweet – a term of endearment used both earnestly and ironically. It’s the Gen Alpha version of ...

(pronounced six seven) is the Dictionary.com new word of the year. Here’s what it means for gen-Alpha children in Canada and Ontario and where the expression came from.

Woman’s three uncles and four brothers charged with 98 counts of sexual abuse, as judge says court is in ‘new territory’ ...

Researchers at Unscramblerer.com used Google Trends to find the most mispronounced words across the United States, using the number of searches that used key terms like “how do you ...

Researchers at Laurentian University are reading French books to preschoolers this month to determine the best ways to teach them new words.

Quebec's office for the protection of the French language carried out close to 10,000 inspections this past year as the ...

JP Saxe, a Canadian Grammy-nominated musician, sang O Canada before Game 3 of the World Series. Unaccompanied by musicians, ...

The New Brunswick government wants to review the province’s Official Languages Act every five years instead of the current mandated schedule of every 10 years.

Takumigraphics, the storied indie publisher's new dedicated home for manga, manhua, and graphic novels from across the region, will launch four titles next spring.