LINGUISTICS

Whether it's selling seashells by the seashore or buying Betty Botter's bitter butter, some of these difficult phrases go way back to when elocution was practiced as routinely as multiplication tables.

They're not completely interchangeable.

Your education shouldn't end when you graduate.

Half of the world’s spoken languages are expected to go extinct by the end of the century.

What experts have long suspected has been confirmed.

Puns can be divisive: Some find them irresistible, some find them groan-worthy. But for others, punning is a way of life. Here's what you should know about this ancient art.

'Ma,' 'ba,' and 'pa' are among the first sounds that children around the world learn how to make, regardless of the language they later speak.

It is a question that divides families and workplaces.

The word has evolved beyond the context of 'Star Wars.'

The "Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary" is the first work of its kind to be published in nearly 50 years.

Concepts like "nose" and "tongue" share some of the same sounds no matter what language you're listening to.

Are you a member of the grammar police, or willing to let a few typos slide? It turns out your reaction to written errors may say something about your personality.