Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. We take many things in our environment for granted: materials, textures, shadows and reflections. Sometimes we think of these visual ...

From the earliest cave paintings to modern-day novels, from poetry to speeches and impassioned letters to music lyrics, we have used words and symbols to express our inner thoughts, interpret our ...

Very few people get to invent a new language that is heard by millions: DW talked to linguist Paul Frommer about how he developed the "Avatar" aliens' language.

In this one-hour activity, students gain an understanding of the nature of human communication and foster a scientific view on languages. Through class activities, games, reading, and analysis, ...

Bleeding Cool is pleased to present this exclusive clip with linguist Christine Schreyer (Game of Thrones Avatar, Superman: "Kryptonian") on creating a unique language for Alpha. Schreyer, a member of ...

But in the last 15 years, a new language was born right here in the Pacific Northwest. It’s called Protactile, and it was created by a group of DeafBlind people who prioritize touch. One of the people ...

When John Lee Clark was five years old, in 1983, he entered a small Deaf program within a public school near his home in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Clark was a dreamy kid who dressed in tucked-in button ...

Mastering the finer grammatical and syntactical points of English is hard even for native speakers (show us a man who can rattle off the rules of lay vs. lie and we’ll show you a man who is obviously ...

When words fail them, creative writers imagine entirely new ones. Author Patti Callahan Henry examines fictional language, from the words of Tolkien to her own. Our editors and experts handpick every ...