That’s the challenge facing Amanda Seyfried in The Testament of Ann Lee: portraying a working-class Mancunian accent from three centuries ago.

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Ever since secondary school, I have seen the appeal of learning another language - although I wasn't very good at it.

With the European Accessibility Act (EAA) coming into force in June last year, Malta must subtitle broadcast media for ...

Callers to Washington state’s driver’s license agency who select automated service in Spanish have instead been hearing an AI voice speaking English with a strong Spanish accent.

The change comes 10 months after The Gazette reported that the Office québécois de la langue française had received a complaint over the use of English in the STM’s bus messages, prompting the STM to ...

The crackle of electricity inside your brain has long been too complex to decode. Artificial intelligence is changing that.

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

In an era of rapid-fire ‘Thx’ and automated email replies, let's look back at a word that carries the weight of genuine ...

While a young language learner can more easily acquire a native accent, adults retain the ability to learn new languages well into later life.

The contracted form of "nor'easter" has inspired feelings as strong as the storm's gusts. Its various detractors have called it "a fake, pseudo-Yankee neologism," a "festering sore in today's marine ...