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by Lloyd Strickland, Manchester Metropolitan University
Hi. Or should that be: hello? Or: hey? Or: yo? Or: ’sup? In English, there is no shortage...
by Ian Afflerbach, University of North Georgia
If you follow politics, sports, Hollywood or the arts, you’ve no doubt heard the insult “sellout” thrown around...
Showing you’re listening is a critical part of fraught discussions.
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– here are 4 ways to make your counterpart feel heard...
by Deion Scott Hawkins, Emerson College
For most Americans, Jan. 6 was once an ordinary, ho-hum day.
That changed in 2021 when millions of television viewers...
by David B. Parker, Kennesaw State University
Southern Living magazine once described “y’all” as “the quintessential Southern pronoun.” It’s as iconically Southern as sweet tea...
Walter Edwards, Wayne State University
Dr. Walter Edwards is a professor of linguistics at Wayne State University, Michigan, where he teaches courses on African American...
by Morten H. Christiansen, Cornell University and Pablo Contreras Kallens, Cornell University
Unlike the carefully scripted dialogue found in most books and movies, the language...
