American Sign Language isn’t a translation of English. It’s a language with its own grammar and idioms. Sign language speakers also have their own accents. Learn how this language, like every other, ...

This is the third of a three-part series exploring Latino dialects. In the first part, experts discuss how second generation Latinos in the U.S. are forming their own accents and dialects. The second ...

Dr O'Brien, who is deaf, said he grew up in Wales to Irish parents who kept their original accents through their lives. "If I ...

A new study from Israel shows that it may be easier to learn a foreign language from someone who teaches it in the same accent as your own. Want to learn French but can’t find the perfect teacher who ...

Since he came to the U.S. from India six years ago, Sudhi Chada has struggled with some of the trickier consonants in American English, particularly the “th” in, say, “thousand.”Native English ...

Learning a new language as an adult is no easy task, but new research highlighted in Time suggests that one way to speed up the process might be to stop trying to get the accent perfect. Instead, ...

Infants raised in homes where they hear a single language, but spoken with different accents, recognize words dramatically differently at about 12 months of age than their age-matched peers exposed to ...

If Spanish is your second language in America, chances are you’ll speak with a better accent if you have more empathy for Latin Americans, suggests a new Israeli study. Researchers from the University ...

Infants raised in homes where they hear a single language, but spoken with different accents, recognize words dramatically differently at about 12 months of age than their age-matched peers exposed to ...