Explore the real differences between American vs British English, from spelling and pronunciation to grammar and everyday ...

Geneva Smitherman ended up in speech therapy in her freshman year at Wayne State University in the 1950s, when she failed a test to screen incoming teaching students for possible speech problems. The ...

Black Americans have long contributed to the ways in which the English language is used. A new research project aims to compile the first Oxford Dictionary of African American English. Black people ...

American vs British English: If you have ever found yourself reading an article and wondering why one writer says “color” while another writes “colour,” you are definitely not alone. American and ...

The story of American English is how the nation’s different groups have made the language their own — but it’s also about the way it connects Americans. The latest book by the Mexican American author ...

"The People’s Tongue: Americans and the English Language" is available Feb. 14. (Courtesy Restless Books) In his new anthology, “The People’s Tongue: Americans and the English Language,” editor Ilan ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Listen 47:34 American English has ...

“Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ’Round” is a crowd favorite for the Northwest African American Museum’s African American Choir Ensemble. Based on the spiritual “Don’t You Let Nobody Turn You ’Round,” ...

Hosted by the English Language Institute at the University of Delaware, English and American Culture is a short-term program combining high-quality ESL instruction, cultural course content and fun. It ...

BEYOND cavil, this portly and handsome volume makes good the claim which is set forth on the title-page. The revision which the old edition has undergone is manifestly a most thorough one, extending ...