People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is in the doghouse for comparing “speciesist” language with racism and homophobia. The animal-rights group warned this week against using common phrases ...

Oral Proficiency Interviews (OPIs) are widely used to measure speaking ability in a second or foreign language. The Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB) Speaking Test is an OPI used ...

MODENA, ITALY--(Marketwire - Oct 23, 2012) - Expert System, the semantic technology company, today released its findings from the comprehensive analysis of the language of President Barack Obama and ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have performed a comprehensive evaluation of five artificial ...

The field of computer assisted language learning (CALL) is a polarising issue with many demands and expectations directed towards it. But there is a gap between the expectations of learners and ...

She was probably male, to judge from the angular mazelike patterns quilting her shirt. I wasn’t entirely certain. It wouldn’t have mattered, if I had been in Radch space. Radchaai don’t care much ...

We think the words people use say a lot about their perspectives and priorities. That’s why I always enjoy reading traffic advisories and press releases from our local transportation agencies. When it ...