Language


  • Tongue-tied
    February 21 2010 | By Bijoy Bharathan

    The scenic, sun-kissed shores of Andaman and Nicobar islands recently let out a collective sigh of grief and the mainland was shrouded in a veil of eerie silence.

  • While talking on cellphone is known to affect an individual's ability to drive, a new study has shown that driving also reduces one's ability to comprehend and use language.

  • Improve your language
    December 21 2009 | By Our Correspondent

    This week we take a look at words that precede and modify nouns. These are called quantifiers.

  • From their very first days, newborns' cries already bear the mark of the language their parents speak, reveals a new study.

  • The non-profit body that oversees Internet addresses has approved the use of Hebrew, Hindi, Korean and other scripts not based on the Latin alphabet in a decision that could make the Web dramatically more inclusive.

  • Pronoun perfect
    October 27 2009

    Selecting the right pronoun can be difficult as there are so many types of pronouns — Personal Pronouns, Demonstrative Pronouns, Indefinite Pronouns and more.