Gneshnabem ne? Do you speak Bodewadmimwen? Once widely spoken in the Great Lakes region, Bodewadmimwen, the language of the Potawatomi Nation, is slowly inching away from the brink of extinction ...

In a recent online presentation, editors and researchers working on a first-of-its-kind dictionary of African American English gave a status update on the project. As academics explained their various ...

Language is important in shaping a nation’s identity, culture, and education. Early on, the Americans used many British dictionaries, and most of them were British in their spelling, pronunciation, ...

From "The First English Dictionary of Slang" (University of Chicago Press; $25), originally published in 1699 as "A New Dictionary of Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew." In his introduction ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Some books landed on my desk in 2010 and sat patiently, waiting their ...