Languages are made up of variants called dialects, and these can differ from one another in terms of their pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary. But why doesn’t everyone who speaks the same dialect ...

How to explain the “idiolect” of Donald Trump? An “idiolect,” explains sociolinguist Jennifer Sclafani, is “not the language of idiots, but an idiosyncratic form of language that is unique to an ...

Don’t pretend that you’re above the fray. It’s a good bet that you’ve argued with someone recently over grammar or spelling or regionalisms or some other aspect of language. Perhaps you asserted the ...