linguistics

Why Saying 'Like' a Lot Is Like, Actually a Good Thing

By Amanda Montell

Why We Need to Reclaim the Word 'Female'

By Jay Newton-Small

Trump Is Extremely Articulate—That's Why He's So Dangerous

By John McWhorter

A Dying Language Is Making a Comeback

By TIME Staff
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Five Best Ideas of the Day: February 5

1. Could Blockchain — the secure, encrypted network that powers Bitcoin transactions — be used to build a safer alternate Internet?By Scott Rosenberg in Backchannel, on Medium2. One NGO is crowdfunding the fight against human...

By The Aspen Institute

Calling Cancer a 'Fight' Can Harm Patients

War metaphors can lead to feelings of guilt and failure

By Justin Worland

Watch Fred Armisen Master 10 Different New York Accents

Yes, there is shrugging involved.

By Eliza Berman

How to Reclaim the Word Feminist? Just Call Beyoncé

Beyonce’s brand of empowerment isn’t perfect, but her VMA performance on Sunday accomplished what activists could not: She took feminism to the masses.

By Jessica Bennett

Scientists Map What Your Brain Looks Like on English

Study reveals that we process even smaller linguistics units than phonemes

By Alice Park

Behind the Bee's Knees: The Origins of 9 Bee-Inspired Sayings

These little insects are the buzz of the English language

By Katy Steinmetz
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