
Why Multilingualism Matters – A Q&A with Marek Kohn
In a world that has global English and translation technology, it’s easy to assume that the need to…
In a world that has global English and translation technology, it’s easy to assume that the need to…
This year, we’re delighted to be publishing Terry Eagleton‘s tenth work with Yale, Radical Sacrifice, a weaving and cross-cultural examination…
Gerald Shea – Noam Chomsky, giving a lecture in Chicago in 1965, mistakenly defined language as “a…
With the snap general election announced in Britain, the French election currently in progress, and the extensive coverage of the…
To celebrate the publication of his new book The Gift of the Gab, we asked preeminent language specialist and public…
‘Crystal’s passion for his subject communicates quite brilliantly.’ – Stephen Fry on The Gift of the Gab David…
The Anglo-Saxon period witnessed the birth of the English people, the establishment of Christianity, and the development of…
Have you ever wondered where names come from? Why is it that people commonly have two names? Are…
Have you ever wondered how people learned to have conversations? Why don’t we all speak at the same…
The way in which someone speaks can tell us a lot about them, or at least we think…
Yale University Press’ Little Histories collection is a family of books that takes a closer look at some of the…
Following a recent profile in the New York Times, we are pleased to release a special intimate conversation between Greek…
Felix Posen is a man deeply passionate about secular Jewish history, having himself moved from a religiously orthodox…
Novelist, satirist, poet, photographer, painter, alchemist and hellraiser – August Strindberg was all these, and yet he is…
Proverbs are used everyday to convey the experiences and perplexities of modern life. As the UK is about to…