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On The Evolution of English Prose, 1700–1800: Style, Politeness and Print Culture, by Carey McIntosh. Modern English prose is usually dated from the Restoration of the Stuarts in 1660. However, so ...

Today's episode features interviews with two authors who are very invested in the English language. First, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Hana Videen about her new book, The Wordhord, which collects ...

Click here for the original audio. Black American English is constantly informing the evolution of standard American English. Here & Now's Ciku Theuri explains where the vernacular came from and the ...

For nearly two decades, the TOEFL iBT (internet-based test) stood as the gatekeeper for students planning to study in 13,000 universities where the medium of teaching is English. But on January 21, ...

A number of Scottish idioms and phrases feature prominently in a British Council list that sheds light on the evolution of English. Launched to coincide with World English Day, Phrase-ology highlights ...

Linguist Anne Curzan delights in the nuances and evolution of language. She says we should embrace they/them as singular pronouns---which have... They/Them and the evolution of English Part 1 of the ...