Learn the simple English trick of the day to never confuse 'a' vs 'an' again – easy rule that works 100% of the time, even with tricky words like honest and university.

Choosing a name is often a moment charged with emotion and meaning. What if the beauty of a name could be scientifically measured? A surprising study conducted by a British linguist claims that a name ...

Scientists reveal why certain word sounds feel pleasant and stick in memory, uncovering a deep link between phonemes, beauty, ...

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with Esteban Touma, language expert from the app Babbel about 2025's most mispronounced words.

Bible Baptist Church is once again opening its doors to the community for a presentation of the church’s take on th Dickens ...

In a world where names and places often challenge our linguistic skills, the recent news cycle has brought forth two significant entries into the list of the most difficult words to pronounce in 2025: ...

Ambiguous speech production is a common challenge for learners of a second language (L2), but identifying whether the problem ...

It is a bright cold day in Reykjavik, sun streaming through her dormer window, when Ólöf Arnalds proclaims: “I am the ...

The Bhaderwahi language is spoken mainly in the Bhaderwah area of the Chenab Valley in Jammu and Kashmir. The area witnessed an extraordinary scholarly journey over the past century. Once an ...

Two new studies published in the journals Neuron00792-5) and Naturereveal how the human brain transforms a continuous stream of sound into distinct words. The findings identify a specific neural ...

Here's what a tech writer uncovered while testing top translation apps on a recent trip to Europe and Asia. Google Translate provides translations for 249 languages with the option for audio ...

Just want to learn to use phonR? Read the tutorial vignette. This is a package for the R language built for phoneticians and phonologists. Its main claim-to-fame is the plotVowels function, which ...