An international team proposes replacing Hockett’s feature checklist with a model of language as a dynamic, multimodal, and socially evolving system.

The Detroit project envisioned using JavaScript as an extension language for Java applications. Now it’s being revived with ...

Inside the decidedly modern campaign to revitalize a lost language (that some say isn’t truly a language). Scottish poet and social media influencer Len Pennie grew up speaking both Scots and English.

Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show performance will be the first in the big game's history to feature a Puerto Rican Sign Language (LSPR) interpreter. Celimar Rivera Cosme, who has worked with Bad ...

Puerto Rican Sign Language is not the same as American Sign Language. Celimar Rivera Cosme will uniquely capture the rapper’s slang for the game’s deaf viewers. By Emmanuel Morgan Reporting from San ...

Stay on top of what’s happening in the Bay Area with essential Bay Area news stories, sent to your inbox every weekday. The Bay Bay Area-raised host Ericka Cruz Guevarra brings you context and ...

LOS ANGELES -- Bad Bunny won album of the year at the 2026 Grammy Awards for his critically-acclaimed "Debí Tirar Más Fotos," closing out a surprising and history-making night. It is the first time a ...

I recently interviewed Jarvis R. Givens, a professor of education and African and African American studies at Harvard University. His new book, I’ll Make Me a World: The 100-Year Journey of Black ...

Marking its 30th anniversary on Thursday, the world’s most popular programming language faces a bitter ongoing custody battle rather than a celebration. Creators and community leaders are stepping up ...

Thirty years ago today, Netscape Communications and Sun Microsystems issued a joint press release announcing JavaScript, an object scripting language designed for creating interactive web applications ...

JavaScript is everywhere today, but its origins are strange, chaotic, and surprisingly rushed. Explore the weird history that shaped the language we rely on daily. Trump trade adviser Navarro says ...