t is known quite well that language is not only a medium of communication but also a tool of power. Therefore, the relationship between language and power is of cardinal importance in modern literary ...

“Ohio.” “Brat.” “Cringe.” “Weird.” Coconut emojis. Viral memes are omnipresent this campaign season, distilling concepts, images and ideas into simple, replicable formats that spread rapidly online.

It’s true. According to researchers, babies are born with a special gift: their developing brains can tell the difference between the approximately 800 sounds that make up all the languages in the ...

New Delhi: Language is inextricably linked with dynamics of power and resistance and can provide a profoundly unsettling perspective on the distortions, perversities and unjust domination of regimes, ...

My wife’s maternal grandparents were a Rajput and a Malayali. Her mother married an Andhra, her sister a Punjabi. Their son’s wife is Algerian, our son’s is a Scot. That should make for a babel of ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Dominance is how people manage conflicts without constant arguing or fighting. It shows up in both professional and social settings, at school, in meetings, amongst friends or in ...

Stories about the campus language police are a staple of the conservative-leaning press. There, you’ll read about a University of Washington language guide created by the campus’s information ...

Before critically evaluating Fairclough’s views on the role of language in the imposition of power and ideology, we need to understand the term “discourse” first. The term discourse refers to “text” ...

I wrote an opinion (Knowledge and power, The News, October 16, 2020) questioning the choice of English as the language of instruction in schools. In support, I had quoted John Stuart Mill’s ...