Extended "discourse," such as class presentations or essays written as school assignments, has a particular structure arising from particular expectations and standards. Such structure, expectations, ...

In English, our sentences usually operate using a similar pattern: subject, verb, then object. The nice part about this type of structure is that it lets your reader easily know who is doing the ...

This article is excerpted from the new book, "The Language Wars: A History of Proper English" from Farrar, Straus and Girous. No language has spread as widely as English, and it continues to spread.

For the last few decades, the teaching of English grammar has been out of favor among educators at all levels. When grammar is touched upon in the college curriculum, it is usually organized around ...

Scientists have shed light on the evolutionary roots of language in the brain. A team led at Newcastle University, UK, has shed light on the evolutionary roots of language in the brain. Publishing in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about marketing, branding and business strategy. With China’s growing economic might, is Mandarin becoming the preferred ...