“He made a party to celebrate his son’s birthday.” These phrases might sound off to the ears of most English-speaking Americans. In Miami, however, they’ve become part of the local parlance. According ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

As far back as George Bernard Shaw’s fictional professor Henry Higgins, language experts have argued that low-income students who learn to switch from speaking a dialect to using standard English have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Travel to Miami, and you might hear people say 'get down from the car' instead of 'get out of the car.' Miami Herald/Getty Images ...

"We got down from the car and went inside." "I made the line to pay for groceries." "He made a party to celebrate his son's birthday." These phrases might sound off to the ears of most ...