This article talks about why some authors use their second language to write in instead of their first, and how it benefits them. This isn't a very common thing, but more writers are trying it out.
This article is about research that shows how the gender of the person you're talking to affects the way you speak to them. They have found that both men and women are more likely to interrupt women.
When Nicaraguan teachers failed to communicate with their 200 deaf students, the students worked together to create a linguistic structure of their own. Judy Kegl, a sign-language expert was contacted to try and decode their new language.
English has spread across the world quickly, and is becoming a dominant language. The idea of World English, or Globish, has been around for a long time, but now it is becoming a reality. Globish is a simplified version of english that could possibly be a global second language.