English language
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A Hindi professor responds: English is the real bottleneck stifling other Indian languages
Krishna Kumar Pandey
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UK’s new immigration policy makes English a test of belonging
Declan Flanagan, The Conversation Mike Chick, The Conversation
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Semicolons are becoming increasingly rare; their disappearance should be resisted
Roslyn Petelin, The Conversation
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‘Literally blew my mind’: Why the the non-literal use of English is here to stay
Valerie M Fridland, The Conversation
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‘Rickshaw’ has its roots in Japanese, and ‘hinterland’, in German: Shashi Tharoor writes about words
Shashi Tharoor
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Do languages really ‘live’ or ‘die’?: Why the metaphor is misleading
Mario Saraceni, The Conversation
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Lessons from Chhattisgarh’s new English-medium school programme
Johanna Deeksha
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Five myths about Shakespeare’s contribution to the English language
Jonathan Culpeper, The Conversation Mathew Gillings, The Conversation
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This is the best word to start Wordle with, according to a language researcher
David Sidhu, The Conversation
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Codecracking and competition: Why the online world has fallen in love with the word puzzle Wordle
Erin Sebo, The Conversation
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If you liked Netflix’s ‘The Chair’, read these four novels set in English departments
Lucas Thompson, The Conversation
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Debunked: Five myths about what standard English is – and what it isn’t
Willem Hollmann, The Conversation
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Watch: ‘Neighbourhood Teacher’ shows how language and words reveal casteist mentality
Scroll Staff
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Grammar Nazis can cede the high ground. These five grammatical ‘errors’ are not errors at all
Michelle Sheehan, The Conversation
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The irony in misusing the word ‘irony’ is growing, and endangering its real meaning
Roger J Kreuz, The Conversation
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Five common English words we may all be using incorrectly (because mistakes are perpetuated)
Simon Horobin, The Conversation
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How two young global desis learnt to make English their own language in India
Kalpana Mohan
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Merriam-Webster adds non-binary pronoun ‘they’ to the dictionary
Scroll Staff
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Millennialspeak: ‘Like’ is not a lazy linguistic filler. The word has, like, a grammar of its own
Rebecca Woods, The Conversation
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Wimmen, meen and greeve: How Noah Webster tried to create a truly American English dictionary
Peter Martin, Aeon