The modern language we use to describe gender and identity can sometimes elude even those who have spoken English their entire lives. Language is constantly evolving, and using the wrong term in some ...

As notions of gender continue to shift beyond the binary, many Northwestern language professors are reconciling cultural differences between English and their respective language to accomodate ...

Scientific productivity gap based on English-language peer-reviewed papers. Shown are the maximum % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers published by female native English speakers from a ...

In arguing that language enforces the power imbalance between the sexes, she inspired an entire academic field. By Trip Gabriel Robin Lakoff, a linguist who analyzed what she considered the unique ...

When the United Nations introduced guidelines with gender-inclusive strategies for six major languages, not everyone was keen to jump on the bandwagon. Some felt the changes altered the symmetry of ...

HANOVER, Germany — How do you pronounce a word with an asterisk or a colon in the middle? And what's the German word for inclusivity? These are just two questions businesses and organizations in ...