Linguistics professor Bert Vaux explains how he created the data that turned into The New York Times' popular dialect test. A Closer Look At The New York Times Dialect Quiz What do you call that ...

When Adam Moss stepped down as editor of New York magazine last month, it marked the end of an era. Since taking the helm of the august title in 2004, Moss had helped set the industry standard for ...

Elyse Graham, who writes under the pen name E. J. White, recently released "You Talkin' To Me?: The Unruly History of New York English." A new book from a Stony Brook University professor explores ...

What do you call that carbonated flavored drink that comes out of a fountain at fast food restaurants? Pop; soda; seltzer? Well, depending on what you say can determine where you are from. That is the ...