The Democrat emphasized to the people in the audience ― many of whom were creators — that “we are living history right now." ...

A new study finds that people hear familiar words as louder than nonsense words, even when both are equally loud. The results ...

Sometimes word stress can change the meaning of the word completely. For example, record. If you stress the first syllable ( re cord), it means the noun - a disc we use to play music. If you stress ...

Having been a French immersion student since the fourth grade, I always thought I’d had a solid command of the language.

The word “recalcitrant” is pronounced /ruh-kal-suh-truhnt/. The word “recalcitrant” came from the Latin word “recalcitrare,” ...

Outsiders might stumble over the names, but these iconic New Jersey foods are part of what makes the Garden State so unique.

Music lessons improve reading by boosting sound awareness and helping children process speech more effectively.

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Poetry can express thoughts and emotions in freeing and insightful ways that prose simply cannot. For those who have never ...

The NYT 's latest daily word game has become a social media hit. The Times credits associate puzzle editor Wyna Liu with ...

Published in New York in 1879, Guess Me was “a curious collection of enigmas” compiled by the author Frederick D’Arros Planché (and using illustrations by Charles Dickens’s long-time collaborator, ...