Southern dialects may be spreading across the UK, but the North is pushing back in some areas, new research has shown. The research by the University of York, Lancaster University and New York ...

Conditions in rural England around the turn of the 20th century offer a case study for cultural evolution researchers. Heritage Images/Hulton Archive via Getty Images If you need to hit a nail, what ...

Rick Aschmann, a professional linguist, has created a comprehensive analysis of "North American English Dialects, Based on ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Despite the fact that most of America speaks one language, there are distinctive sayings that are nearly incomprehensible to people from different ...

A new book on American English in the Midwest makes Chicago seem exotic. It’s certainly not the title: “Language Variation and Change in the American Midland: A New Look at `Heartland’ English” (John ...

Gabriella Swerling is Social and Religious Affairs Editor for The Telegraph. She specialises in uncovering abuses of power, and reporting on major events that have shaped current affairs. She was ...

A man I know recently spent several weeks visiting his native South Africa. Upon his return to the United States, he found himself one day passing through a certain section of Oakland. Everyone on the ...

A phone app tracking is the decline of the UK's varied dialects Local words are used much less than they were in the 1950s It is "not unusual" for well-travelled people from England's south to be ...

A survey of more than 30,000 people, turned into a series of maps, showcase the linguistic quirks that make American English ...

Immigration judges must determine whether individuals facing deportation who speak dialects of English also understand American English or need interpreters, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday in ...