Language helps define the way people think about themselves and their culture. It does so by shaping the way we think, feel ...

The relationship between language and ethnic identity has long occupied a central place in social, cultural and political thought. It is a relationship that is at once intimate and complex – uniting ...

Language and identity are closely intertwined and are constantly under discussion. Click on the titles below to read people's comments and join the debate. Share this page The BBC is not responsible ...

The Waatea News review of Speaking My Language / Te Kōrero i Tōku Reo tells the story of renowned journalist Mike McRoberts ...

In an article for Encyclopaedia Britannica, Carlos D. Morrison defines code-switching as the “process of shifting from one linguistic code (a language or dialect) to another, depending on the social ...

Author Matt Greene on his new dystopian novel 'The Definitions' about life after a virus wipes people's memories.

A new study suggests that the language a bilingual person speaks can affect their physical sensations, depending on the cultural association tied to each vernacular. We take for granted the fact that ...

Randeep Hooda says, "For me, language and culture are not limitations" as he supports regional storytelling rooted in ...

Editor’s note: This personal essay was written following a Twitter campaign organized by Global Voices sub-Saharan Africa and Rising Voices where each week, a different language activist shared their ...

Imagine driving through California’s sunlit streets, approaching a crosswalk that tells you to “SLOW.” But something’s off — it’s misspelled: “SOLW.” The word echoes in your mind as soul. “That moment ...

Your identity is tied up in how you speak and write more than you might think. In today’s Academic Minute, the University of Memphis’s Roger Kreuz explains why. Your identity is tied up in how you ...