Western University's Frank Boers explains why idioms can cause even fluent english speakers trouble with communicating and understanding.

Frank Boers receives funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Western University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Western University provides ...

Being a linguist—and someone who has tried to learn several languages (including English) in addition to my mother tongue (Flemish Dutch)—I have an annoying habit: instead of paying attention to what ...

Do you know how to use “as…as” correctly in English? In this lesson, we break down one of the most common comparison ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Being a linguist - and someone who has tried to learn several languages (including English) in addition to my mother tongue (Flemish Dutch) - I have an annoying habit: ...

In his novels, poems and stories, Hindi writer Vinod Kumar Shukla excelled at portraits of simple but emotionally complex ...

A leading Adelaide linguist has hit back at haters of the phrase “six seven”, popular with young people the world over.

For Monday's trial, Troconis claims Andrew Bowman, her first attorney, was ineffective because he allowed her to be ...

Being a linguist – and someone who has tried to learn several languages (including English) in addition to my mother tongue (Flemish Dutch) – I have an annoying habit: instead of paying attention to ...

Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has urged Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf to abandon what he described as ...

In a recent address, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that stabilising and growing the economy is not sufficient unless the benefits of growth are equitably distributed—particularly to people ...

Protestants have tinkered with jazz in worship for years. Now some see it as an evangelistic wedge. … [Presbyterian] pastor ...