David J. Peterson, the language creator for HBO's Game of Thrones, explains how to go about creating a fictional language. David breaks down how he constructed the Dothraki and Valyrian languages, and ...

Imagine a world where machines not only solve problems but also create their own secret ways of communicating—languages that humans can’t fully understand. It sounds like the plot of a sci-fi movie, ...

When filmmakers need an original language--one that has never been heard before--they turn to conlangers. “Conlang means constructed language,” explains David Peterson in a segment for the Academy of ...

Language is one of the greatest art forms on Earth. There are thousands of spoken, written, and signed languages around the world with subcategories including regional and ethnic dialects and ...

It’s a Game of Tongues. Over-the-top costumes, epic battle scenes and maniacally evil villains are part and parcel of everyone’s favorite series and film franchises. But for a few super cool nerds, no ...

This article originally appeared on Marketplace. In case you somehow haven’t heard yet, the much anticipated eighth and final season of “Game of Thrones” premiers this Sunday on HBO. The television ...

In this final article in the Creating DSLs in Java series, Venkat Subramaniam lets you see for yourself why JVM-compatible languages such as Scala, Groovy, and JRuby are better suited to creating ...

As a professor of writing, I am often asked, “How do I learn more about grammar?” I have a few canned replies. For the person with casual interest, I suggest installing applications like Grammarly on ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. We take many things in our environment for granted: materials, textures, shadows and reflections. Sometimes we think of these visual ...

In this one-hour activity, students gain an understanding of the nature of human communication and foster a scientific view on languages. Through class activities, games, reading, and analysis, ...