Using advanced imaging to visualize brain areas used for understanding language in native Japanese speakers, a new study finds that the pitch-accent in words pronounced in standard Japanese activates ...

Whether someone's speech is a language or a dialect is a matter of both linguistics and politics. illust-monster/iStock/Getty Images Plus In 2022, after the start of ...

Students studying for exams, competing against each other in areas involving language, and in general, should learn to distinguish between a language and its dialects. While the words are frequently ...

All language-learners face the difficulties of regional variations or dialects. Usually, it takes the form of an odd word or turn of phrase or a peculiar pronunciation. For most languages, ...

A few weeks back, when we were looking at how to find the information you need in dictionaries, I mentioned the so-called Caighdeán Oifigiúil, the standard grammar and spelling rules for Irish. Anyone ...

Experts say English slang and regional dialect should not be banned from classrooms but when you're getting to grips with a second language how helpful is it to learn non-standard lingo? Experts say ...