Basque stands out among the European languages, having no resemblance to any of them. According to Farrar, “there was never any doubt that this isolated language, which retains its individuality in the western corner of Europe, located between two powerful kingdoms, is similar in structure only to the languages of the aborigines of the nearby huge continent [Africa].” The first […]
It has been published for over a hundred years, but it is likely that in the future the Oxford English Dictionary – the authoritative reference to the English language – will only be found on the Web. Oxford University Press reported that the growing interest in the online version of the dictionary has already far exceeded the demand for its […]
Nearly one in four New Yorkers admits to not fluent in English, nearly three times the national average, according to the New York Post’s US Census data. About 5.7 million of the 7.3 million city dwellers aged 5 and over report a “very good” knowledge of English. Contrast that with the more than 1.6 million residents who speak English “not […]