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Slowly but surely, linguistic communities are benefiting from initiatives to promote local languages. A French–Ewe dictionary ...

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Five years after the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) added 29 Nigerian loanwords, 20 more terms from Nigeria and Ghana have ...

Recently, the Oxford English Dictionary, OED listed 22 Nigerian into its vocabulary Kingsley Ugwuanyi, OED consultant who ...

For decades, Chunjie has been widely translated as "Spring Festival" in English, a term now adopted by UNESCO in its ...

It's a good time of the year to be messing around with words. The dark days of December bring the annual "best of" retrospectives—the past year's best movies, best albums, best books—which set the ...

Looking for new ways to get students reading and responding to nonfiction? Try these exercises for discussion, writing and speaking. By Peggy Dimock Choose three to five works of art or culture to ...

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“We are all riding the crest of the Korean wave and this can be felt not only in film, music, or fashion but also in our language, as evidenced by some of the words and phrases of Korean origin ...

If you’re in the midst of applying to university, you’re probably familiar with the “English language proficiency test” requirement — perhaps, even annoyed by the prospect of having to do it. If you ...