I didn’t mean to watch this entire thing, but dammit if I didn’t sit through all ten minutes (alright, technically 11 minutes and 20 seconds) of this fantastically witty, animated history of ...

Late 1800s: English Only, but not unanimous. During the fall of 1878, more than a hundred people rode from all corners of the state on horses and horse-drawn buggies to California’s state ...

Along with Afrikaans, English is one of South Africa’s 11 official languages, and even though only 9.6 percent of the population speak English as their first language, it “dominates every ...

In 1986, the state made English its official language. California was in the minority at the time, but the majority of states went on to pass some version of such a law.

ENG 170 History of the English Language (4 Credits) An introductory exploration of the English language, its history, current areas of change and its future. Related topics such as how dictionaries ...

You would think that being a native English speaker would give any world leader a massive home-court advantage.

THERE have been a number of recent events that should easily catch the attention of (socio)linguistics students. In the ...