Research shows that those kids who text frequently are more likely to be the most literate and the best spellers, because you have to know how to manipulate language.

Language itself changes slowly but the internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you notice them more quickly.

Anyone interested in language ends up writing about the sociological issues around it.

At any one time language is a kaleidoscope of styles, genres and dialects.

Academics don't normally manage to alter people's way of thinking through their strength of argument.

A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread.

As I get older and I get a few more years experience I become more like Dad, you know, King Lear.