The definition of “code-switch” is to alternate between two or more languages or varieties of language in conversation, but the subtext behind the words can mean so much more. Especially to people of ...

Traditionally linguists have bemoaned the fact that the general public knows little of what we do because the subject isn’t taught in schools. But that has changed over the past 20 years or so, as the ...

The 2023 Education First English Proficiency Index revealed that Singapore ranks first in Asia and second out of 113 countries globally, in our proficiency of the English language. And it seems we ...

“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,” ...

As one of the few Black women in the corporate offices where she worked, Regina Lawless took pains to blend in. She donned conservative blazers and low-wedge heels and tucked her hair in a wig instead ...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid continues to take heat for comments he made about President Obama and his lack of a "negro dialect." But the dustup also shines a bright light on the practice of code ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Courtesy of Alan Yang/MiC. The bubbly, overly enthusiastic voice that I used to speak in my sixth ...