A mysterious lost language spoken 8,000 years ago in Eurasia is the hidden ancestor linking Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and ...

Reexamining the Greek alphabet, Herodotus’ story of Phoenician origins may obscure earlier Linear B writing on palm leaves.

The June 7 Treestand Chatter column was titled “Slimy, slippery, gooey-fast nightcrawlers.” In it, I contemplated the genius of Creator God who designed a below-ground earth dweller that greatly contr ...

On Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had deciphered ancient Egyptian ...

Abstract: Recognizing sign language plays a crucial role in improving communication accessibility for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities. In Korea, many individuals facing hearing and speech ...

Foreign language anxiety (also known as xenoglossophobia) really comes into play for Americans visiting these countries.

Abstract: Unlike spoken languages, Sign languages are mainly based on gestures. This visual aspect makes their recognition a challenge for researchers. Despite the great advances in language ...

Google’s DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis says the most valuable human skill for the future will be “learning how to learn” as artificial intelligence transforms education, careers and daily life ...

Florida State University is home to over 50 fraternity and sorority chapters, with total Greek membership over 6,800—about 23 percent of the undergraduate population. Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL ...

This is the philosophy Shayla Felton-Dorsey uses as the chef at the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Edible Alphabet program. The once-a-week, three-hour class teaches English vocabulary, phrases and ...

The coolest letter in the alphabet: When we learn the letters of the English alphabet, we just remember them in order, from A to Z. But have you ever thought about whether some letters are just ...